Explaining the Abundance of Ants in Lowland Tropical Rainforest Canopies

By D. Davidson, S. Cook, R. Snelling, T. Chua. Science, 2003

679 citations recorded by the source corpus.

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

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. K. Del‐Claro
2. N. Blüthgen
3. Martin Heil
4. D. Lange
5. S. Philpott
6. Jonas Byk
7. Robert R. Junker
8. Wesley Dáttilo

In Genetics

1. K. Del‐Claro
2. N. Blüthgen
3. S. Philpott
4. Martin Heil
5. J. Vandermeer
6. Jonas Byk
7. K. Fiedler
8. I. Armbrecht

In Insect Science

1. S. Philpott
2. K. Del‐Claro
3. N. Blüthgen
4. I. Perfecto
5. J. Vandermeer
6. Martin Heil
7. Robert R. Junker
8. I. Armbrecht

Citations in the corpus

• Interference and exploitation competition of three nectar-thieving invasive ant species (2005, background): “Plant and insect exudates have recently been shown to play a key role in structuring tropical ant communities ( Davidson et al., 2003; Bluthgen et al., 2004).”
• Rainforest Canopy Ants: The Implications of Territoriality and Predatory Behavior (2007, background): “…nests that permit the colonies to easily access permanent food sources (Hölldobler and Wilson 1990a), especially (3) the sugar-rich honeydew of hemipterans needed to fuel energy-costly territoriality (Blüthgen et al. 2000, 2004; Dejean et al. 2000; Davidson et al. 2003, 2004; Davidson 2005b).”
• Phloem-sap feeding by animals: problems and solutions. (2006, neutral): “In a detailed analysis of ants in tropical rainforests of Peru and Brunei, Davidson et al. (2003) established that d 15 N of ant species tending hemipterans is similar to that of phloem sap-feeding hemipterans and chewing herbivores, but lower than that of predatory ants (Fig.”
• Interaction between flowers, ants and pollinators: additional evidence for floral repellence against ants (2007, background): “on honeydew, the sugary secretion of homopterans, as well as on extra-floral and floral nectar, to support their larval nutrition and adult metabolism (Blüthgen et al. 2003, 2004b; Davidson et al. 2003).”
• Revisiting the pyrodiversity–biodiversity hypothesis: long-term fire regimes and the structure of ant communities in a Neotropical savanna hotspot (2014, background): “a major component of arboreal ant diets (Davidson et al. 2003),”
• Insect-Fungal Associations: Ecology and Evolution (2005, background): “); and a recent study of nitrogen cycling in ants indicates that Apterostigma species are relatively high on the food chain, with nitrogen isotope ratios more similar to those of predators than to those of attine leaf-cutter ant species (Davidson et al. 2003).”
• Nectar- and pollen-gathering Cephalotes ants provide no protection against herbivory: a new manipulative experiment to test ant protective capabilities (2010, background): “Many ant species are listed as visitors to EFNs in the neotropics, mainly in the subfamilies Formicinae,Myrmicinae and Dolichoderinae (Davidson et al. 2003).”
• COMPETITION FOR COMPOSITION: LESSONS FROM NECTAR-FEEDING ANT COMMUNITIES (2004, background): “Nectar is an important part of the diet for large proportions of tropical ant faunas (Blü thgen et al. 2003, Davidson et al. 2003).”