Asian weaver ants, Oecophylla smaragdina, and their repelling of pollinators

By Kazuki Tsuji, A. Hasyim, Harlion, Koji Nakamura. Ecological research, 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Citations in the corpus

• A mutualism's indirect costs: the most aggressive plant bodyguards also deter pollinators (2006, background): “…that phenomenon has been demonstrated primarily with ‘nuisance’ ants that provide no benefit to the plant (Fritz and Morse 1981, O’Dowd and Catchpole 1983, Norment 1988, Visser et al. 1996, but see Altshuler 1999 and Tsuji et al. 2004 regarding ants that protect plant species that lack EFN).”
• Rainforest Canopy Ants: The Implications of Territoriality and Predatory Behavior (2007, background): “For example, Oecophylla smaragdina workers reduce the frequency with which pollinators visit their host trees (Tsuji et al. 2004).”
• REVIEW: Ants as tools in sustainable agriculture (2015, background): “Tsuji et al. (2004) found that the presence of O. smaragdina in rambutan Nephelium lappaceum flowers significantly decreased visiting rates of flying insects, including the major pollinator Trigona minangkabau; however, the effect on fruit set was not assessed.”