SPATIAL STRUCTURING AND FLORAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR PREVENT ANT–POLLINATOR CONFLICT IN A MEXICAN ANT‐ACACIA

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Pollination ecology of acacias (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae) (2003, background): “Introduced Apis mellifera are important flower visitors for acacias in Mexico (Raine 2001; Raine et al. 2002) and of some species (particularly those showing mass flowering) in Australia (Bernhardt and Walker 1984, 1985; Bernhardt et al. 1984; Bernhardt 1987; Sedgley et al. 1992).”
A mutualism's indirect costs: the most aggressive plant bodyguards also deter pollinators (2006, methodology): “Whether flower visitation by ants is increased or decreased by the presence of alternative rewards such as EFN is controversial (Guerrant and Fiedler 1981, O’Dowd and Catchpole 1983, Wagner and Kay 2002, Raine et al. 2002, Galen 2005).”
Rainforest Canopy Ants: The Implications of Territoriality and Predatory Behavior (2007, background): “Note that if myrmecophytes keep their guest plant-ants from interfering with the work of their pollinators by producing substances repellent to ants on their flowers (Willmer and Stone 1997; Raine et al. 2002), this is not the case for non-myrmecophytic plants.”
HOW TO BE SWEET? EXTRAFLORAL NECTAR ALLOCATION BY GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM FITS OPTIMAL DEFENSE THEORY PREDICTIONS (2004, background): “This drop may reflect the relatively low vulnerability of the open flower to herbivores (Bentley 1977b), or may serve to avoid ant–pollinator conflicts (Raine et al. 2002).”