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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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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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The curious case of the camelthorn: competition, coexistence and nest-site limitation in a multispecies mutualism [PDF]
, 2015 Myrmecophyte plants house ants in domatia in exchange for protection from herbivores. Ant-myrmecophyte mutualisms exhibit two general patterns due to competition between ants for plant occupancy: i) domatia nest-sites are a limiting resource and ii) each
Campbell, Heather +2 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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When attempts at robbing prey turn fatal [PDF]
, 2012 Because group-hunting arboreal ants spreadeagle insect prey for a long time before retrieving them, these prey can be coveted by predatory flying insects. Yet, attempting to rob these prey is risky if the ant species is also an effective predator.
Azémar, Frédéric +3 more
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Habitat restoration and the recovery of metacommunities
Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 60, Issue 8, Page 1622-1636, August 2023., 2023 Our results highlight the importance of considering interactions between species and spatial planning in restoration projects. Moreover, they provide insights into improving the efficiency of restoration and, thus, can help guide the design of restoration projects.
Klementyna A. Gawecka, Jordi Bascompte
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Plant stages with biotic, indirect defences are more palatable and suffer less herbivory than their undefended counterparts [PDF]
, 2010 Plants have evolved several anti-herbivory strategies, including direct defences, such as mechanical and chemical defences, and indirect or biotic defences, such as the recruitment of defending animals.
Dirzo, Rodolpho +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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Altruism during predation in an assassin bug [PDF]
, 2013 Zelus annulosus is an assassin bug species mostly noted on Hirtella physophora, a myrmecophyte specifically associated with the ant Allomerus decemarticulatus known to build traps on host tree twigs to ambush insect preys. The Z.
Az\ue9mar, F. +4 more
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Protection against herbivory in the mutualism between Pseudomyrmex dendroicus (Formicidae) and Triplaris americana (Polygonaceae) [PDF]
, 2020 Herbivory significantly impacts the growth and reproduction of plants. Many plants have developed ways to defend against herbivores and one common strategy is to associate with ants.
Bellota, Edwin +1 more
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