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The effect of diet and opponent size on aggressive interactions involving caribbean crazy ants (Nylanderia fulva).

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Biotic interactions are often important in the establishment and spread of invasive species. In particular, competition between introduced and native species can strongly influence the distribution and spread of exotic species and in some cases ...
Katherine C Horn   +2 more
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Impact of the invasive ant Linepithema humile on native ant assemblages on the western slopes of Table Mountain and implications for ant-butterfly associations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), is one of the world's most successful invasive species and invades undisturbed Fynbos habitats in South Africa, displacing native arthropod species and affecting interspecific associations.
Krahner, André
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Effects of ants on pollinator performance in a distylous pericarpial nectary-bearing Rubiaceae in Brazilian Cerrado

open access: yesSociobiology, 2020
Besides the eff ectiveness of floral visitors, to better understand pollination systems is necessary to consider the role of predators. Ants are ubiquitous on the vegetation, especially on plants bearing extrafloral (EFNs) and pericarpial nectaries (PNs).
Bruno de Sousa-Lopes   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ants

open access: yes
Empowerment is like ants. Ants have the unique character of working in collaboration to build their homes and source food, and just like empowerment, it is always about collaboration to achieve a goal.
Workshop Participants (creators) (21788443)   +2 more
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Ants as storytellers in Mediterranean riverscapes

open access: yes, 2022
Doutoramento em Restauro e Gestão Fluviais / Instituto Superior de Agronomia / Faculdade de Arquitectura / Instituto Superior Técnico. Universidade de LisboaRiverscapes support high levels of biodiversity, but are increasingly threatened by global change
Zina, Vera Mónica Henriques Leitão Franco
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Population Development of Several Species of Ants on the Cocoa Trees in South Sulawesi

open access: yesCoffee and Cocoa Research Journal, 2010
Several species of ants with different behavior have been found in cocoa plantations and their behavior is important to be considered because it might be correlated with the degree of protection of cocoa plant from cocoa pests.
Fatahuddin Fatahuddin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Whiteflies Provide Honeydew to Camponotus ants Without Receiving Reciprocal Favor

open access: yesSociobiology, 2016
The notion that tending ants provide protection to honeydew-producing hemipterans is widely accepted. Nevertheless, there have been debates about whether or not this protection can always disrupt the biological control of hemipterans.
Raí Martins de Jesus   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nectar theft and floral ant-repellence : A link between nectar volume and ant-repellent traits? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This work was supported by Sir Harold Mitchell Scholarship Fund and University of St Andrews Russell Trust Award. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.As flower ...
Gavin Ballantyne (140036)   +9 more
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Using geospatial tools to combat fire ants

open access: yes, 2021
State of the art geo-spatial information capture, storage and analysis is vital in the ongoing battle against Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA). In this context, this informative article relates to how geo-spatial tools and techniques can play an important ...
Scarmana, Gabriel, McDougall, Kevin
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The Polymorphism of Ants.* [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the Entomological Society of America, 1908
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +1 more source

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