Balancing between mutualism and exploitation: the symbiotic interaction between Lasius ants and aphids

By J. Offenberg. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2001

203 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. L. S. Adler
2. J. Bronstein
3. Claire Detrain
4. Jennifer A. Rudgers
5. Jean-Louis Deneubourg
6. M. Gardener
7. J. Ness
8. N. Blüthgen

In Genetics

1. Claire Detrain
2. Jean-Louis Deneubourg
3. L. S. Adler
4. M. Gardener
5. Jennifer A. Rudgers
6. J. Ness
7. J. Bronstein
8. Martin Heil

In Insect Science

1. L. S. Adler
2. J. Bronstein
3. Jean-Louis Deneubourg
4. Claire Detrain
5. M. Gardener
6. Jennifer A. Rudgers
7. J. Ness
8. R. Mitchell

Citations in the corpus

• The Costs of Mutualism1 (2001, background): “For instance, ant defenders sometimes consume aphids rather than protecting them from natural enemies (Offenberg, 2001), while some coevolved seed dispersers consistently destroy a significant proportion of seeds (Vander Wall, 1994).”
• The Effects of Invasive Ants on Prospective Ant Mutualists (2004, background): “Ant populations that are protein-limited may act as predators rather than tenders (Pontin 1978; Sudd and Sudd 1985; Offenberg 2001; Engel et al. 2001).”
• Self-organized asymmetries in ant foraging: A functional response to food type and colony needs (2002, background): “Indeed, these aphid colonies provide not only a spatially stable and renewable supply of carbohydrates (in the form of honeydew), but also amino acids (Auclair, 1963; review in Way, 1963) and proteins (namely, through predation of aphids: Fischer et al., 2001; Offenberg, 2001; Pontin, 1961; Sakata, ”
• EXTRAFLORAL NECTAR AS A RESOURCE MEDIATING MULTISPECIES INTERACTIONS (2004, background): “However, evidence thus far is equivocal; EF nectar reduces tending behavior in some cases (Offenberg 2001) and encourages tending ants in others (Buckley 1983, Del-Claro and Oliveira 1993).”
• ATTRACTING ANTAGONISTS: DOES FLORAL NECTAR INCREASE LEAF HERBIVORY? (2004, background): “Similarly, ant-defended homopterans must cope with the fact that in certain ecological conditions, their protectors will consume them rather than consuming the honeydew reward that they produce (Offenberg 2001).”