ArticleFrontiers in plant science2018
Ant-Pollinator Conflict Results in Pollinator Deterrence but no Nectar Trade-Offs.
Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Impacts of Leaf Damage Intensity on Ant-Plant Protection Mutualism and Plant Fitness.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Trades-offs between pollinator attraction and florivore defense maximize reproductive success in the self-incompatible Rivea ornata (Convolvulaceae).BMC ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Emerging Trends in Ant-Pollinator Conflict in Extrafloral Nectary-Bearing Plants.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Context-Dependent Ant-Pollinator Mutualism Impacts Fruit Set in a Hummingbird-Pollinated Plant.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Ants are more than just curious bystanders to some flowers-they act as significant pollinators.Frontiers in insect science · 2023Review
- Functional Ecology of External Secretory Structures inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Testing the Distraction Hypothesis: Do extrafloral nectaries reduce ant-pollinator conflict?The Journal of ecology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Direct and indirect negative interactions between ant guards and pollinators on ant-plants are expected for two reasons. First, aggressive ants may deter pollinators directly. Second, pollinators benefit from plant investment in reproduction whilst ants benefit from plant investment in indirect defense, and resource allocation trade-offs between these functions could lead to indirect conflict. We explored the potential for ant-pollinator conflict in a Mexican myrmecophile,
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