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Urban tropical forest islets as hotspots of ants in general and invasive ants in particular

Scientific Reports, 2022
Urbanization is a crucial driver of environmental and biodiversity change. It is suggested that urbanization favours generalist and invasive species and might harm specialists of natural and semi-natural habitats.
T. P. Rajesh, K. Manoj, U. Prashanth Ballullaya, V. K. Shibil, G. Asha, Sangeetha Varma, Prabitha Mohan, Palatty Allesh Sinu   +7 more
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Ants sow the seeds of global diversification in flowering plants [PDF]

, 2009
Background: The extraordinary diversification of angiosperm plants in the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods has produced an estimated 250,000–300,000 living angiosperm species and has fundamentally altered terrestrial ecosystems.
Majer, Jonathan, Latimer, A., Majer, Jonathan D., Latimer, Andrew M, Gove, Aaron, Jonathan D Majer, Aaron D Gove, Gove, Aaron D., Dunn, Robert, Majer, Jonathan D, Latimer, A. M., Dunn, Robert R., Robert R Dunn, Andrew M Latimer, Szabolcs Lengyel, Latimer, Andrew M., Gove, A. D., Lengyel, S., Gove Aaron D., Lengyel Szabolcs, Majer Jonathan D., Dunn Robert R., Lengyel, Szabolcs, Gove, Aaron D, Forgó, Sándor, Latimer Andrew M., Dunn, Robert R   +26 more
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A decision-support tool for prioritizing environmental actions with complementary circularity insights at company and industrial park levels

Cleaner Environmental Systems
Industrial activities account for 28% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and many operational decisions at company (micro) and industrial park (meso) levels are taken without quantitative ex-ante assessment of their environmental and circularity impacts.
Benedikt Verkic, Annalisa Nolte, Kathrin Greiff, Juliano B. Araujo   +3 more
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Beneficial effects of a multifunctional strain of Purpureocillium lilacinum in strawberry plants

Studies in Fungi
The extensive use of agrochemicals poses significant risks to both environmental and human health. The fungus Purpureocillium lilacinum (Ascomycetes: Ophiocordycipitaceae), through its application, represents a promising biotechnological tool to reduce ...
Patricia J. Folgarait, Daniela Goffré, Henry S. Rocano Domínguez   +2 more
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A mixed community of actinomycetes produce multiple antibiotics for the fungus farming ant Acromyrmex octospinosus [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Attine ants live in an intensely studied tripartite mutualism with the fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, which provides food to the ants, and with antibiotic-producing actinomycete bacteria.
Bibb, Mervyn J., Sabine Grüschow, Heavens, Darren, Goss, Rebecca J. M., Yu, Douglas W., Drou Nizar, Barke Jörg, Darren Heavens, Barke, Jörg, Grüschow, Sabine, Hutchings Matthew I, Mervyn J Bibb, Drou, Nizar, Hutchings, Matthew I., Jörg Barke, Matthew I Hutchings, Ryan F Seipke, Nizar Drou, Grüschow Sabine, Goss Rebecca JM, Douglas W Yu, Yu Douglas W, Seipke, Ryan F., Barke, Joerg, Rebecca JM Goss, Seipke Ryan F, Heavens Darren, Grueschow, Sabine, Yu, Douglas, Bibb Mervyn J   +29 more
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Native and invasive ants affect floral visits of pollinating honey bees in pumpkin flowers (Cucurbita maxima)

Scientific Reports, 2021
Global pollinator decline is a major concern. Several factors—climate change, land-use change, the reduction of flowers, pesticide use, and invasive species—have been suggested as the reasons.
Anjana Pisharody Unni, Sajad Hussain Mir, T. P. Rajesh, U. Prashanth Ballullaya, Thomas Jose, Palatty Allesh Sinu   +5 more
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Not only the butterflies: managing ants on road verges to benefit Phengaris (Maculinea) butterflies [PDF]

, 2010
Obligate myrmecophilic butterfly species, such as Phengaris (Maculinea) teleius and P. nausithous, have narrow habitat requirements. Living as a caterpillar in the nests of the ant species Myrmica scabrinodis and M.
Irma Wynhoff, van Gestel, R., van Langevelde, F., van Swaay, C., Gestel, R., van, Swaay, C., van, Wynhoff, I., Frank van Langevelde, Chris van Swaay, Langevelde, F., van, René van Gestel   +10 more
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Morphophysiological differences between the metapleural glands of fungus-growing and non-fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
The metapleural gland is an organ exclusive to ants. Its main role is to produce secretions that inhibit the proliferation of different types of pathogens.
Alexsandro Santana Vieira, Odair Correa Bueno, Maria Izabel Camargo-Mathias   +2 more
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Trade-off in plant-ant interactions: seasonal variations [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2020
This work evaluated the effect of seasonality on ant-plant interaction in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests, using as an ecological model the species Ipomoea carnea subs. fistulosa (Convolvulaceae).
J. Martins, A. Moreira, M. Assunção, A. Oliveira, J. Almeida   +4 more
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Predation success by a plant-ant indirectly favours the growth and fitness of its host myrmecophyte [PDF]

, 2013
Mutualisms, or interactions between species that lead to net fitness benefits for each species involved, are stable and ubiquitous in nature mostly due to "byproduct benefits" stemming from the intrinsic traits of one partner that generate an indirect ...
Roux, Olivier, Malé Pierre-Jean G., Lauth Jérémie, Leroy, Céline, Dejean, Alain, Rossi, V., Jérémie Lauth, Lauth, J., Orivel, J., Male, P. J. G., Céréghino, Régis, Céréghino Régis, Alain Dejean, Pierre-Jean G Malé, Malé, Pierre-Jean G., Vivien Rossi, Rossi, Vivien, Orivel Jérôme, Cereghino, R., Rossi Vivien, Lauth, Jérémie, Olivier Roux, Dejean Alain, Jérôme Orivel, Orivel, Jérôme, Dejean, A., Régis Céréghino, Roux Olivier, Céline Leroy, Leroy Céline   +29 more
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