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Uptake of ant-derived nitrogen in the myrmecophytic orchid Caularthron bilamellatum [PDF]
Annals of Botany, 2012 Mutualistic ant-plant associations are common in a variety of plant families. Some myrmecophytic plants, such as the epiphytic orchid Caularthron bilamellatum, actively form hollow structures that provide nesting space for ants (myrmecodomatia), despite a substantial loss of water-storage tissue.
Gegenbauer, Christian +3 more
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Arboreal ants use the "Velcro(R) principle" to capture very large prey. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Plant-ants live in a mutualistic association with host plants known as "myrmecophytes" that provide them with a nesting place and sometimes with extra-floral nectar (EFN) and/or food bodies (FBs); the ants can also attend sap-sucking Hemiptera for their ...
Alain Dejean +6 more
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Climate and ant diversity explain the global distribution of ant‐plant mutualisms
Ecography, Volume 2023, Issue 11, November 2023., 2023 Biotic interactions play an important role in shaping species geographic distributions and diversity patterns. However, the role of mutualistic interactions in shaping global plant diversity patterns remains poorly understood, particularly with respect to interactions with invertebrates.
Yangqing Luo +7 more
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Journal of Biogeography, Volume 50, Issue 10, Page 1803-1816, October 2023., 2023 Abstract Aim The effects of insectivorous predators on herbivorous prey should have a cascading effect releasing herbivory pressure and favouring plant's biomass. However, it remains unclear whether different types of predators regulate herbivores to the same degree across seasons, and how their interactions affect lower trophic levels across ...
Katerina Sam +4 more
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Indirect benefits of symbiotic coccoids for an ant-defended myrmecophytic tree [PDF]
Ecology, 2011 The net benefits of mutualism depend directly on the costs and effectiveness of mutualistic services and indirectly on the interactions that affect those services. We examined interactions among Cordia alliodora myrmecophytic trees, their symbiotic ants Azteca pittieri, coccoid hemipterans, and foliar herbivores in two Neotropical dry forests. The tree
Elizabeth G, Pringle +2 more
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Acta Amazonica, 2011 Os benefícios obtidos por um organismo em uma associação mutualística podem variar em função de fatores ambientais, bem como entre as diferentes espécies que podem estar associadas.
Thiago Junqueira Izzo +1 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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Floral development of the myrmecophytic Acacia cornigera (Leguminosae)
Botanical Sciences, 2021 Background: The Neotropical ant-acacias show morphological variations in their vegetative characteristics as a consequence of their relationship with ants. However, there is no information regarding whether floral organs have also undergone any modification that prevents resident ants from approaching the inflorescences in anthesis. Questions: Are the
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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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Interação planta-inseto: Aspectos biológicos e ecológicos do mutualismo Cecropia-Azteca
EntomoBrasilis, 2015 Uma associação bem conhecida dentre as interações ecológicas é o mutualismo entre plantas do gênero Cecropia e formigas, na maioria das vezes pertencentes ao gênero Azteca.
Gabriela Vasconcelos de Oliveira +2 more
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