Urbanization drives partner switching and loss of mutualism in an ant–plant symbiosis
Ecology, Volume 105, Issue 11, November 2024.Abstract Mutualistic interactions between species underpin biodiversity and ecosystem function, but may be lost when partners respond differently to abiotic conditions. Except for a few prominent examples, effects of global anthropogenic change on mutualisms are poorly understood.
Elsa Youngsteadt +5 more
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The defence of Passiflora caerulea by ants reduces the number of eggs and larvae of Agraulis vanillae, but not the damage by herbivory [PDF]
, 2018 En las comunidades ecológicas, las especies pueden participar de forma simultánea en interacciones interespecíficas de distinto tipo (e.g., depredación, polinización y dispersión), lo que implica que la ocurrencia de una interacción pueda afectar el ...
Devoto, Mariano, Simonetti, Gastón
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Phylogeny, Adaptive Radiation, and Historical Biogeography of Bromeliaceae Inferred from ndhF Sequence Data [PDF]
, 2007 Cladistic analysis of ndhF sequences identifies eight major bromeliad clades arranged in ladderlike fashion. The traditional subfamilies Tillandsioideae and Bromelioideae are monophyletic, but Pitcairnioideae are paraphyletic, requiring the description of
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Biological interactions involving the myrmecophyte Hirtella physophora and its associates [PDF]
, 2023 Alain Déjean +4 more
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Spatial-temporal evolution of the Southeast Asian Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) ant-plant lineages: a next-generation sequencing-based analysis [PDF]
This Dissertation is titled "Spatial-temporal evolution of the Southeast Asian Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) ant-plant lineages: a next-generation sequencing-based analysis". Briefly, it is an investigation of the macroevolutionary dynamics of myrmecophytism,
Dixit, Nadi Manjunath
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A temporary social parasite of tropical plant-ants improves the fitness of a myrmecophyte [PDF]
, 2010 Myrmecophytes offer plant-ants a nesting place in exchange for protection from their enemies, particularly defoliators. These obligate ant-plant mutualisms are common model systems for studying factors that allow horizontally transmitted mutualisms to ...
Boulay, Raphaël +10 more
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Influence of phylogenetic diversity of plant communities on tri-trophic interactions. [PDF]
Oecologia, 2023 Alavez V +4 more
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Leaf‐stem allometry, hollow stems, and the evolution of caulinary domatia in myrmecophytes [PDF]
, 2001 Carine Brouat, Doyle McKey
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Limited ant co-occurrence and defensive mutualism in Acacia plants in a West African savanna. [PDF]
AoB Plants, 2021 Djogbenou A +5 more
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Characterization of Sugar Diversity in Floral and Extra-Floral Nectar from the Coastal Coral Tree (Erythrina caffra Thunb.) in Southern California [PDF]
, 2014 The Coastal Coral Tree (Erythrina caffra Thunb.) produces floral nectar (FN) that serves to attract pollinating insects, but also secretes nectar from extra-floral (EFN) glands that serves to at-tract predatory insects, such as ants.
Carmona-Galindo, Victor D. +4 more
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