COVER PHOTO: In a recent study by Hoenle et al. (this issue; Article e2559; doi:10.1002/eap.2559), the authors investigated the recovery of ant communities in a tropical forest. Depicted here is an ant (Ectatomma tuberculatum) common to their research area in lowland Ecuador. It feeds from a nectary of an Inga plant, which attracts ants for protection against herbivores. This is one of manifold examples of the complex interaction between ants and plants, highlighting the central role of ants for forest recovery. Photo credit: Philipp Hoenle.

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封面照片：在 Hoenle 等人最近的一项研究中。（本期；文章 e2559；doi:10.1002/eap.2559），作者调查了热带森林中蚂蚁群落的恢复情况。这里描绘的是他们在厄瓜多尔低地研究区域常见的蚂蚁（Ectatomma tuberculatum ）。它以印加植物的蜜腺为食，这种蜜腺会吸引蚂蚁来抵御食草动物。这是蚂蚁与植物之间复杂相互作用的众多例子之一，突出了蚂蚁在森林恢复中的核心作用。图片来源：菲利普·霍恩勒。