ReviewAoB PLANTS2015
Extrafloral-nectar-based partner manipulation in plant-ant relationships.
Review in AoB PLANTS, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed.
- Extrafloral Nectaries in Woody Plants: Toward an Integrated Framework for Ant-Mediated Plant Defense.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The "2.0" prototype of 3D-printed oak gall nests: closely observing the ant colonies inside.Current zoology · 2025Article
- Pollination ecology and breeding system of Justicia gendarussa Burm. f. (Acanthaceae): first report of fruit set through supplementary obligatory-xenogamous pollination.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2025Article
- Ant-Plant Mutualism inInsects · 2024Article
- Plant Reproductive Success Mediated by Nectar Offered to Pollinators and Defensive Ants in Terrestrial Bromeliaceae.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Isolation, characterization and screening of actinomycetes associated with fijian ant-plant symbioses.Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2023Article
- Inaugural Description of Extrafloral Nectaries in Sapindaceae: Structure, Diversity and Nectar Composition.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- An experimental, behavioral, and chemical analysis of food limitations in mutualisticEcology and evolution · 2023Article
- Understanding interdisciplinary perspectives of plant intelligence: Is it a matter of science, language, or subjectivity?Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2022Article
- Individuality, self and sociality of vascular plants.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
- First Report on the Acrobat AntInsects · 2021Article
- New Tools for Conservation Biological Control: Testing Ant-Attracting Artificial Nectaries to Employ Ants as Plant Defenders.Insects · 2020Article
- Altered feeding behavior and immune competence in paper wasps: A case of parasite manipulation?PloS one · 2020Article
- Gall-Colonizing Ants and Their Role as Plant Defenders: From 'Bad Job' to 'Useful Service'.Insects · 2019Article
- Extrafloral nectary-bearing plant Mallotus japonicus uses different types of extrafloral nectaries to establish effective defense by ants.Journal of plant research · 2019Article
- Nectar in Plant-Insect Mutualistic Relationships: From Food Reward to Partner Manipulation.Frontiers in plant science · 2018Review
- Origanum vulgare terpenoids modulate Myrmica scabrinodis brain biogenic amines and ant behaviour.PloS one · 2018Article
- Response of a Predatory ant to Volatiles Emitted by Aphid- and Caterpillar-Infested Cucumber and Potato Plants.Journal of chemical ecology · 2017Article
- Article
- Introduction to the Special Issue: Beyond traits: integrating behaviour into plant ecology and biology.AoB PLANTS · 2015Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Plant-ant interactions are generally considered as mutualisms, with both parties gaining benefits from the association. It has recently emerged that some of these mutualistic associations have, however, evolved towards other forms of relationships and, in particular, that plants may manipulate their partner ants to make reciprocation more beneficial, thereby stabilizing the mutualism. Focusing on plants bearing extrafloral nectaries, we review recent studies and address three key questions: (i) how can plants attract potential partners and maintain their services; (ii) are there compounds in extrafloral nectar that could mediate partner manipulation; and (iii) are ants susceptible to such compounds? After reviewing the current knowledge on plant-ant associations, we propose a possible scenario where plant-derived chemicals, such as secondary metabolites, known to have an impact on animal brain, could have evolved in plants to attract and manipulate ant behaviour. This new viewpoint would place plant-animal interaction in a different ecological context, opening new ecological and neurobiological perspectives of drug seeking and use.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.