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Planta Daninha, 2002 Triumfetta semitriloba é uma planta daninha que apresenta nectários florais e extraflorais, sendo os últimos visitados por formigas que protegem a planta do ataque de insetos.
C.A.E. Leitão +3 more
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Morphology, ontogeny and structure of the stipular nectaries in Caamembeca spectabilis (Polygalaceae) [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2016 Nodal glands are found in one third of the Polygalaceae genera and have valuable taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary significance. In Brazil, they occur in five of the eleven genera already registered.
Joana Patrícia Pantoja Serrão FILGUEIRA +2 more
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Pericarpial nectary-visiting ants do not provide fruit protection against pre-dispersal seed predators regardless of ant species composition and resource availability. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Extrafloral nectaries can occur in both vegetative and reproductive plant structures. In many Rubiaceae species in the Brazilian Cerrado, after corolla abscission, the floral nectary continues to secret nectar throughout fruit development originating ...
Priscila Andre Sanz-Veiga +3 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Understanding how cooperative interactions remain stable matters for biodiversity because many plants rely on specialist insects that can also impose reproductive costs. We studied the interaction between Sambucus sieboldiana and seed‐consuming Heterhelus beetles through detailed field observations and pollination experiments.
Suzu Kawashima +3 more
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Environmental filtering and network structure in ant-plant mutualisms across flooded and unflooded Amazonian forests [PDF]
Acta AmazonicaEnvironmental filtering associated with contrasting hydrological regimes may influence species persistence and the organization of network interactions in Amazonian forests.
Talitha Ferreira dos SANTOS +5 more
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Ultrastructure of the Extrafloral Nectaries of Pteridium aquilinum
American Fern Journal, 1987 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Power, Martha S, Skog, Judith E.
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations
Insect Science, EarlyView.This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean +6 more
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Anatomy and Histology of the Midgut of Atopozelus opsimus (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)
Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Atopozelus opsimus Elkins, 1954 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) preys on forest and agricultural pests but also feeds on extrafloral nectar; however, its alimentary canal is poorly understood. The aim was to describe the anatomy and histology of the A. opsimus midgut. The alimentary canal of female and male A.
Bruna Silva Lisboa +6 more
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Plant Breeding, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Global food demand is predicted to rise anywhere from 59% to 98% by 2050 because of increasing population. However, the continued depletion of natural resources and increasing biotic and abiotic stresses will continue to pose significant threats to global food security in coming years.
Memoona Khalid +5 more
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Emerging Trends in Ant–Pollinator Conflict in Extrafloral Nectary-Bearing Plants
PlantsThe net outcomes of mutualisms are mediated by the trade-offs between the costs and benefits provided by both partners. Our review proposes the existence of a trade-off in ant protection mutualisms between the benefits generated by the ants’ protection ...
Eduardo Soares Calixto +5 more
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