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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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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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 ...
Olivier Roux +2 more
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Mutualistic interactions between ants and fungi: A review. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 We review the mutualistic interactions between ants and fungi. Neotropical myrmicine Attina cultivate Basidiomycota for food, the same being true for certain “plant‐ants” associated with myrmecophytes that also feed on Ascomycota fungi. Otherwise, these Ascomycota have antibacterial properties.
Dejean A +6 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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Diversity and Distribution of Myrmecophytes in Bengkulu Province
Biosaintifika: Journal of Biology & Biology Education, 2017 Myrmecophyte is a common medicinal plant used by local people in Indonesia for treating various diseases especially in Papua. Bengkulu province is one of the Myrmecophyte habitats, but there has no report on its identity and distribution.
Safniyeti Safniyeti +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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Plants, People, PlanetSocietal Impact Statement Holoendoparasites are extremely rare plants that live entirely hidden inside their hosts, with only flowers and fruits visible.
Jessica A. Ramírez‐Ramírez +4 more
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Foraging by predatory ants: A review. [PDF]
Insect SciThis review focuses on ecological and behavioral characteristics of foraging in ants showing the wide diversity of cases. Most ants can feed on sugary substances, but some ground‐nesting species are strict predators. Except army ants during the nomadic phase, they are central‐place foragers that can recruit nestmates when necessary. They prey mostly on
Dejean A +5 more
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