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Protection against herbivory in the mutualism between Pseudomyrmex dendroicus (Formicidae) and Triplaris americana (Polygonaceae)

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dc.creatorSánchez Andrade, Adriana
dc.creatorBellota, Edwin
dc.creator.googleSanchez, Adrianaspa
dc.creator.googleBellota, Edwinspa
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-15T23:23:14Z
dc.date.available2020-04-15T23:23:14Z
dc.date.created2015
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractHerbivory significantly impacts the growth and reproduction of plants. Many plants have developed ways to defend against herbivores and one common strategy is to associate with ants. In many ant-plant interactions, ants are known to protect their host. However, in the Neotropical ant-plant genus Triplaris, the benefits provided by associated ants have never been tested. Many Pseudomyrmex spp. ants are obligate inhabitants of Triplaris spp. trees. In this study, Triplaris americana was studied in association with Pseudomyrmex dendroicus, an ant highly specific to its host (it has not been collected from any other species of Triplaris). Ant exclusion experiments were carried out to assess the protective effect of ants. In addition, ant behavior was monitored in control plants to study the mechanisms by which ants might confer protection against herbivory. Ant removal led to a more than 15-fold increase in herbivory. Pseudomyrmex dendroicus are active at all times of day and night and aggressively and efficiently remove insect herbivores from their host. © 2016 Sanchez Adriana et al.eng
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3897/JHR.46.5518
dc.identifier.issn1070-9428
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/21642
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.relation.citationEndPage83
dc.relation.citationStartPage71
dc.relation.citationTitleJournal of Hymenoptera Research
dc.relation.citationVolumeVol. 46
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Hymenoptera Research, ISSN: 1070-9428 Vol. 46, (2015) pp. 71-83spa
dc.relation.urihttps://jhr.pensoft.net/article/5518/spa
dc.rights.accesRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.accesoAbierto (Texto Completo)spa
dc.source.instnameinstname:Universidad del Rosario
dc.source.reponamereponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocUR
dc.subjectInteracción hormiga-plantaspa
dc.subjectDefensaspa
dc.subjectHerbivoríaspa
dc.subjectMutualismospa
dc.subjectMyrmecophytespa
dc.subjectPerúspa
dc.subject.ddcBiologíaspa
dc.subject.keywordAnt-plant interactionspa
dc.subject.keywordDefensespa
dc.subject.keywordHerbivoryspa
dc.subject.keywordMutualismspa
dc.subject.keywordMyrmecophytespa
dc.subject.keywordPeruspa
dc.subject.lembPlantasspa
dc.subject.lembInspección de plantasspa
dc.subject.lembHormigasspa
dc.titleProtection against herbivory in the mutualism between Pseudomyrmex dendroicus (Formicidae) and Triplaris americana (Polygonaceae)spa
dc.typearticleeng
dc.type.hasVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.spaArtículospa
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