Interaction between flowers, ants and pollinators: additional evidence for floral repellence against ants

By Robert R. Junker, A. Chung, N. Blüthgen. Ecological research, 2007

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

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Aposematic (Warning) Coloration in Plants (2009, unknown): “Thus, floral scents may have a defensive role (Knudsen et al. 2006 ; Junker et al. 2007) in addition to their known attracting function.”
Loss and gains in ant–plant interactions mediated by extrafloral nectar: fidelity, cheats, and lies (2016, background): “Detailed analyses revealed that flower chemicals, rather than nectar, were responsible to deter ants from visiting flowers (Junker and Blüthgen 2008), demonstrating that the same floral compounds might both deter ants and attract pollinators (e.g. linalool).”
Floral scents repel potentially nectar-thieving ants (2008, methodology): “…restricted to myrmecophilous plants: facultative flower-visiting and nectar-thieving ants decrease pollinator visitation frequency and duration either by attacking approaching pollinators (Tsuji et al., 2004; Junker et al., 2007) or due to exploitative consumption of nectar (Galen and Geib, 2007).”
Weed-insect pollinator networks as bio-indicators of ecological sustainability in agriculture. A review (2016, background): “Lastly, ants may negatively affect plant fitness by reducing the intensity of pollinator visits (Junker et al. 2006).”
Do ant visitors to extrafloral nectaries of plants repel pollinators and cause an indirect cost of mutualism (2014, background): “Ants were shown to reduce the visitation rate of pollinators to flowers by aggressive attacks or merely by their presence (Altshuler, 1999; Junker et al., 2007).”