Predation success by a plant-ant indirectly favours the growth and fitness of its host myrmecophyte. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 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 ...
Alain Dejean +7 more
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Nestmate Recognition in the Amazonian Myrmecophyte Ant Pseudomyrmex concolor Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2015 Nestmate recognition is fundamental to colonial cohesion in social insects, since it allows altruistic behavior towards relatives, recognition of intruders, territorial monopoly and resources defense.
Kleber Del-Claro, Paulo S.M. Pacheco
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Long-term strict ant-plant mutualism identity characterises growth rate and leaf shearing resistance of an Amazonian myrmecophyte [PDF]
Scientific ReportsOver 125 million years of ant-plant interactions have culminated in one of the most intriguing evolutionary outcomes in life history. The myrmecophyte Duroia hirsuta (Rubiaceae) is known for its mutualistic association with the ant Myrmelachista ...
Rafael E. Cárdenas +9 more
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Insights Into the Ecological Role of Pseudomonas spp. in an Ant-plant Symbiosis [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 In the myrmecophytic mutualistic relationship between Azteca ants and Cecropia plants both species receive protection and exchange nutrients. The presence of microorganisms in this symbiotic system has been reported, and the symbiotic role of some fungi ...
Taise T. H. Fukuda +8 more
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Dynamics of the association between a long-lived understory myrmecophyte and its specific associated ants [PDF]
, 2010 Myrmecophytic symbioses are widespread in tropical ecosystems and their diversity makes them useful tools for understanding the origin and evolution of mutualisms.
Jérôme Orivel +7 more
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New record of a very specialized interaction: myrcidris epicharis Ward 1990 (Pseudomyrmecinae) and its myrmecophyte host Myrcia madida McVaugh (Myrtaceae) in Brazilian Meridional Amazon Novo registro de uma interação altamente especializada: myrcidris epicharis Ward 1990 (Pseudomyrmecinae) e sua mirmecófita hospedeira Myrcia madida McVaugh (Myrtaceae) na Amazônia Meridional brasileira [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2012 In this study we present a new record of a plant-animal interaction: the mutualistic relationship between the specialist plant-ant Myrcidris epicharis Ward, 1990 (Pseudomyrmecinae) and its myrmecophyte host Myrcia madida McVaugh (Myrtaceae).
Ricardo Eduardo Vicente +2 more
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An experimental, behavioral, and chemical analysis of food limitations in mutualistic Crematogaster ant symbionts inhabiting Macaranga host plants [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Obligate mutualistic plant–ants are often constrained by their plant partner's capacity to provide resources. However, despite this limitation, some ant partners actively reject potential prey items and instead drop them from the plant rather than ...
Mickal Y. I. Houadria +5 more
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MALDI-TOF MS Analysis of Proanthocyanidins in Two Lowland Tropical Forest Species of Cecropia: A First Look at Their Chemical Structures [PDF]
Molecules, 2014 The structural chemistry of proanthocyanidin molecules has been investigated in temperate zone plants, but few studies have been done with plants of the Amazonian lowland tropical wet forests where herbivore pressure is more extensive and diverse.
Alex Van Huynh, John M. Bevington
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Foraging ants affect community composition and diversity of phyllosphere fungi on a myrmecophilous plants, Mallotus japonicus [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionMany microorganisms inhabit the aboveground parts of plants (i.e. the phyllosphere), which mainly comprise leaves. Understanding the structure of phyllosphere microbial communities and their drivers is important because they influence host plant fitness ...
Takafumi Mizuno +2 more
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Ant Diversity and Stratification in an Amazonian Rainforest [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThis study focuses on species occupying the three strata of an Amazonian rainforest: the ground and leaf litter, the understorey and the canopy. We employed only two sampling techniques: Winkler extraction for ground‐dwelling ants and direct observations
Jacques H. C. Delabie +6 more
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