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Extrafloral nectar fuels ant life in deserts [PDF]

, 2014
Interactions mediated by extrafloral nectary (EFN)-bearing plants that reward ants with a sweet liquid secretion are well documented in temperate and tropical habitats. However, their distribution and abundance in deserts are poorly known. In this study,
Aranda Rickert, Adriana Marina, Diez, Patricia Alejandra, Marazzi, Brigitte   +2 more
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Does urbanization explain differences in interactions between an insect herbivore and its natural enemies and mutualists? [PDF]

, 2018
Urbanization can alter the composition of arthropod communities. However, little is known about how urbanization affects ecological interactions. Using experimental colonies of the black bean aphid Aphis fabae Scopoli reared on Vicia faba L, we asked if
A Calabuig, A Kruess, A Zuur, AB Bennett, AB Bennett, AB Bennett, AF Zuur, AJ Helden, AM Savage, AV Suarez, B Thompson, BA Hawkins, C Bang, C Calegaro-Marques, C Denys, CA Bradley, CB Müller, CC Morse, CE Ramalho, D Pauly, D Tilman, DB Botkin, DG James, DM Kahn, DU Hooper, DW Schemske, E Shochat, E Shochat, E Shochat, E Toby Kiers, EC Ellis, EF Connor, EH Mooney, EL Jones, EL Preisser, Elise A. Rocha, ES Jules, G Peralta, GE Rotheray, GM Wimp, H Gibb, H Gibb, I Kaplan, I Quispe, I Yao, J Benitez-Malvido, J Byrnes, J Halaj, J Sadler, JB Jackson, JB Shurin, JC Abadie, JE Duffy, JF Tooker, JK Bailey, JL Sachs, JM Burks, JS Walker, K Neil, K Tegelaar, K Turner, KE Medley, KP Burnham, L Ramírez Restrepo, LA Brudvig, LM Hanks, M Lurgi, MA Hixon, MA Hixon, Mark D. E. Fellowes, MD Eubanks, MD Otoshi, ME Orros, ME Orros, ME Ritchie, MH Egerer, MH Pereira-Peixoto, MJ Crawley, MJ Raupp, ML Burton, ML McKinney, ML McKinney, MM Gardiner, MS Fenoglio, NB Grimm, NE Hostetler, NE McIntyre, NM Haddad, NS Williams, NS Williams, OJ Schmitz, OJ Schmitz, PJ Clark, PM Shrewsbury, R Arditi, R Deichsel, R Isaacs, RT Paine, S Kaneko, S Kaneko, S Pauleit, S Uno, S Vandermoten, SD Wratten, SH Dreistadt, SH Faeth, SH Faeth, SJ Holbrook, SM Philpott, T Magura, T Magura, T Ohgushi, T Roslin, T Tscharntke, T Turrini, TW Anderson, U Schmiedel, V Whitford, W Völkl, W Völkl, WH Putten Van der   +120 more
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Biocontrol by a native hemiparasite: Rapid suppression of noxious invasive plants in a field experiment

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 12, Page 3514-3524, December 2025.
Melampyrum arvense was demonstrated as a biocontrol tool suitable for containing two harmful invasive species. After the suppression of the invaders, an additional introduction of native species by seeding or green‐hay transfer could facilitate community restoration. Abstract Alien plant invasions are a recognised threat to biodiversity.
Kateřina Knotková, Tamara Těšitelová, Adam Knotek, Irena Axmanová, Kryštof Chytrý, Helena Chytrá, Zuzana Plesková, Zdenka Preislerová, Jakub Těšitel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ants as Ecosystem Engineers in Natural Restoration of Human Made Habitats

Journal of Landscape Ecology, 2013
Three to four dominant seed-transporting ant species of different size categories (Tetramorium caespitum, Lasius niger, Formica rufibarbis/Formica pratensis) on the plateau of abandoned ore sedimentation basin (tailings containment) were studied as ...
Kovář Pavel, Vojtíšek Pavel, Zentsová Irena   +2 more
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Many Plant Species in Europe Have Limited Capacity to Track Climate Change

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 31, Issue 11, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim No or unlimited dispersal capacities of species are commonly assumed in species distribution models (SDMs) used to assess potential impacts of climate change on biodiversity. However, these assumptions may lead to overly pessimistic or optimistic predictions.
Marjon Hellegers, Duco H. Krist, Aafke M. Schipper   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Larger Seeds are Dispersed Farther: the Long-Distance Seed Disperser ant Aphaenogaster famelica Prefers Larger Seeds

Sociobiology, 2015
Seed dispersal by ants (myrmecochory) is an important life phase in flowering herbs of temperate deciduous forests, and long dispersal is basically preferable in terms of plant fitness.
Satobu Takahashi, Takao Itino
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The distribution of ant nest (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in coastal grey dunes of Flanders (Belgium) and their relationship to myrmecochorous plants [PDF]

, 2004
During the summer of 2001, we conducted a study on the spatial distribution of ants in coastal grey dunes (Oostduinkerke, Western Flanders, Belgium). Nest locations of the most abundant ant species were analysed with multivariate techniques.
Bonte, D., Dekoninck, W., Lehouck, V., Maelfait, J.-P.   +3 more
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Biogeografia dels genères de formigues dispersants de llavors [PDF]

, 1997
Es presenta el llistat actualitzat dels gèneres de formigues amb espècies que han estat citades com a dispersants de llavors de plantes mirmecòcores. Des de 1895 a l'actualitat han estat citades unes 200 espècies de formigues de 47 gèneres diferents com ...
Espadaler, Xavier, Gómez Durán, Crisanto   +1 more
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The Ecology of a Keystone Seed Disperser, the Ant Rhytidoponera violacea [PDF]

, 2009
Rhytidoponera violacea (Forel) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is a keystone seed disperser in Kwongan heathl and habitats of southwestern Australia. Like many myrmecochorous ants, little is known about the basic biology of this species.
Aaron D. Gove, Dave Lubertazzi, Dunn RR, Eisner T, Jonathan D. Majer, Majer JD, Maria A. Aliberti Lubertazzi, McCoy NL, Morales MA, Neil McCoy, Reichel HLM, Rico-Gray V, Robert R. Dunn, Searle PA, Westcott V   +14 more
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Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Cytisus scoparius*

Journal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 7, Page 1877-1933, July 2025.
Broom is an attractive and common native plant across Britain, Ireland and most of Europe, and yet it is considered a harmful and invasive weed around the rest of the world. This is aided by broom thriving on poor dry soils, helped by using green stems for photosynthesis and having root nodules to fix nitrogen.
Peter A. Thomas, Monika Dering, Grzegorz Iszkuło, Marta Kujawska, Adrian Łukowski, Mariola Rabska, Katarzyna Sękiewicz, Dominik Tomaszewski, Łukasz Walas, Marian J. Giertych   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source