A mutualism's indirect costs: the most aggressive plant bodyguards also deter pollinators

By J. Ness. 2006

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

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Floral volatiles controlling ant behaviour (2009, methodology): “Aggressive ants may deter some incoming flower visitors, including legitimate pollinators (e.g. Altshuler 1999; Galen 1999; Tsuji, Hasyim&Nakamura 2004; Gaume, Zach- arias & Borges 2005; Ness 2006; Junker, Chung & Blüthgen*Correspondence author.”
Argentine ants displace floral arthropods in a biodiversity hotspot (2007, background): “When plants offer both extrafloral and floral nectar, ants may be distracted by the former (Wagner & Kay, 2002) and pollinator displacement may be avoided, though this may depend on the ant species involved (Ness, 2006).”
Costs and benefits of induced resistance to herbivores and pathogens in plants (2010, background): “In the case of indirect defence, Ness [210] showed that cactus plants defended by the most effective ant defenders actually suffered decreased fitness due to pollinator repulsion by the ants.”
The multiple faces of indirect defences and their agents of natural selection (2011, background): “In addition, EFN-producing plants can also experience ecological costs when ants reduce pollinator visits to flowers (Ness 2006).”
Do ant visitors to extrafloral nectaries of plants repel pollinators and cause an indirect cost of mutualism (2014, background): “The visitation of flowers by bees differs among plants that are ended by different ant bodyguards (Ness, 2006).”
Loss and gains in ant–plant interactions mediated by extrafloral nectar: fidelity, cheats, and lies (2016, background): “Indeed, EFN attracts ants that may repel pollinators from visiting flowers (Ness 2006; Assunção et al. 2014).”
Floral scents repel potentially nectar-thieving ants (2008, background): “On myrmecophilous plants, ants may not only deter herbivores and thus function as bodyguards for the plant, but also deter pollinators (Ness, 2006).”
Nectar- and pollen-gathering Cephalotes ants provide no protection against herbivory: a new manipulative experiment to test ant protective capabilities (2010, background): “When ants enter flowers in the course of their activities, they can reduce pollen viability and/or deter pollinator visits (Mothershead andMarquis 2000; Ness 2006).”