EXTRAFLORAL NECTAR AS A RESOURCE MEDIATING MULTISPECIES INTERACTIONS

By Jennifer A. Rudgers, M. Gardener. 2004

121 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. I. Kaplan
3. Jonas Byk
4. M. Eubanks
5. Lori Lach
6. V. Rico‐Gray
7. C. Díaz‐Castelazo
8. P. Oliveira

In Genetics

1. K. Del‐Claro
2. I. Kaplan
3. Jonas Byk
4. M. Eubanks
5. Lori Lach
6. V. Rico‐Gray
7. C. Díaz‐Castelazo
8. P. Oliveira

In Insect Science

1. I. Kaplan
2. K. Del‐Claro
3. Lori Lach
4. M. Eubanks
5. Jonas Byk
6. C. Díaz‐Castelazo
7. V. Rico‐Gray
8. P. Oliveira

Citations in the corpus

• Argentine ants displace floral arthropods in a biodiversity hotspot (2007, background): “In other systems, EFNs have been found to have significant influence over ant assemblages (Blüthgen et al., 2004; Rudgers & Gardener, 2004) and the EFN-attracted ants may in turn affect plant-associated arthropods (Mody & Linsenmair, 2004; Altfeld & Stiling, 2006).”
• Extrafloral nectary-mediated ant-plant interactions in the coastal vegetation of Veracruz, Mexico: Richness, occurrence, seasonality, and ant foraging patterns1 (2004, methodology): “Data of this type must also combine data on EF nectar investment by plants through nectary traits (Blüthgen & Fiedler, 2004; Rudgers & Gardener, 2004) - an aspect we are currently working on - in order to complete the guideline map of opportunities for mutualism in the plant communities of coastal…”
• Ant–plant interaction in the Neotropical savanna: direct beneficial effects of extrafloral nectar on ant colony fitness (2011, background): “For example, EFN is predicable in time and space, and is a reliable source of sugar, water and amino acids (Koptur 1992; Rudgers and Gardner 2004; Gonza ´lez-Teuber and Heil 2009) that increase many measures of colony fitness, including body size, colony growth rate, and brood growth.”
• Does having multiple partners weaken the benefits of facultative mutualism? A test with cacti and cactus‐tending ants (2007, background): “Since EFN is a broadly palatable, high quality resource (Carroll and Janzen 1973), EFN-plants typically associate with multiple ant species (Rudgers and Gardener 2004).”
• APHIDS ALTER THE COMMUNITY‐WIDE IMPACT OF FIRE ANTS (2005, background): “Studies based on ant–plant mutualisms suggest that extrafloral nectar (a sugary, plant-derived secretion similar in composition to honeydew) can mediate complex tri-trophic relationships, and therefore a similar role for hemipteran honeydew is certainly plausible (Rudgers and Gardener 2004).”