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ArticleInternational journal of insect science2017

Higher Ant Diversity in Native Vegetation Than in Stands of the Invasive

Weste LA Osbrink, John A Goolsby, Don B Thomas, Alba Mejorado, Allan T Showler, Adalberto Pérez De León

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Article in International journal of insect science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Invasive Mechanism and Impact ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  3. Genetic Improvement ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Weste LA OsbrinkKnipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS-SPA, Kerrville, TX, USA.
John A GoolsbyCattle Fever Tick Research Lab, USDA-ARS, Edinburg, TX, USA.
Don B ThomasCattle Fever Tick Research Lab, USDA-ARS, Edinburg, TX, USA.
Alba MejoradoCattle Fever Tick Research Lab, USDA-ARS, Edinburg, TX, USA.
Allan T ShowlerKnipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS-SPA, Kerrville, TX, USA.
Adalberto Pérez De LeónKnipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS-SPA, Kerrville, TX, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our hypothesis was that there will be greater ant biodiversity in heterogeneous native vegetation compared with

Indexed as

Ant diversityextrafloral nectariespitfall traps

Identifiers

PMID28835737
PMCPMC5555496

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