I Can See You: Temporal Variation in Ant Aggressiveness Towards Herbivores under Continuous Provision of High- or Low-quality Food Sources

I Can See You: Temporal Variation in Ant Aggressiveness Towards Herbivores under Continuous Provision of High- or Low-quality Food Sources

To reduce herbivory, plants bearing extrafloral nectaries interact with ants and attract them by providing food. As plant bodyguards, ants respond to the resource provision and, using their antennae, detect chemical messages from the host plants that help them to locate herbivores. Ants can also us...

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Main Authors: João Carlos de Castro Pena, Pedro Luna, Felipe Aoki-Gonçalves, María Fernanda Chávez Jacobo, TAMARA MARTÍNEZ PATIÑO, KASSANDRA SÁNCHEZ MORALES, MIGUELINA VIVER VÁZQUEZ, JUAN HECTOR GARCÍA-CHÁVEZ, WESLEY DÁTTILO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2020-04-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
ant-plant-herbivore interactions
artificial nectaries
semiarid environments
dummy caterpillars
multitrophic interactions
enemy free space.
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/4727

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