Herbivory often influences the fitness and development of attacked trees, acting as an important factor of evolutionary pressure on a species ecology. However, there are few studies that show the effects of insect herbivores on Cerrado tree species. In this study I evaluated the impact of the leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata on the vegetative and reproductive phenology, survival, growth, architecture and leaf nutrients of six tree species of a Cerrado vegetation. For three years, I visited individuals of Cardiopetalum callophylum, Coussarea hydrangeaefolia, Guapira graciliflora, Maprounea guianensis, Vochysia tucanorum and Xylopia aromatica, and determined the intensity of phenological events and leaf-cutter ant attacks. In addition, based o...
Herbivory directly impacts the fitness of attacked plants, and can modify the population and plant c...
Studies of interactions between ants and plants with extrafloral nectaries are common in the literat...
The Cerrado is an important phytophysiognomy that is rapidly deteriorating due to human activities, ...
Leaf-cutting ants are herbivores that have great potential to shape communities and ecosystems funct...
Muitas plantas no Cerrado possuem nectários extraflorais (NEFs), os quais produzem um néctar que é c...
Extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) are nectar-secreting glands not directly involved with pollination whic...
Ants are fundamental organisms in the dynamics of several terrestrial ecosystems. In the Neotropical...
During the last years the focus in the interactions between ants and plants has been receiving great...
Interspecific interactions are one of the main mechanisms that promote and maintain diversity of spe...
The Cerrado biome (Brazilian savanna) is the predominant natural vegetation of Central Brazil and t...
The effects of ants on the insect community on inflorescences of Byrsonima crassifolia (Malpighiacea...
The destruction of natural habitats and the intensification of agriculture are considered the major ...
Ants are one of the most prominent groups of terrestrial organisms in terms of diversity, relative a...
As plantas, produtores da base das cadeias tróficas, apresentam diversos tipos de defesas contra a a...
Growth and ontogeny are important processes in plant development. The first is related with the plan...
Herbivory directly impacts the fitness of attacked plants, and can modify the population and plant c...
Studies of interactions between ants and plants with extrafloral nectaries are common in the literat...
The Cerrado is an important phytophysiognomy that is rapidly deteriorating due to human activities, ...
Leaf-cutting ants are herbivores that have great potential to shape communities and ecosystems funct...
Muitas plantas no Cerrado possuem nectários extraflorais (NEFs), os quais produzem um néctar que é c...
Extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) are nectar-secreting glands not directly involved with pollination whic...
Ants are fundamental organisms in the dynamics of several terrestrial ecosystems. In the Neotropical...
During the last years the focus in the interactions between ants and plants has been receiving great...
Interspecific interactions are one of the main mechanisms that promote and maintain diversity of spe...
The Cerrado biome (Brazilian savanna) is the predominant natural vegetation of Central Brazil and t...
The effects of ants on the insect community on inflorescences of Byrsonima crassifolia (Malpighiacea...
The destruction of natural habitats and the intensification of agriculture are considered the major ...
Ants are one of the most prominent groups of terrestrial organisms in terms of diversity, relative a...
As plantas, produtores da base das cadeias tróficas, apresentam diversos tipos de defesas contra a a...
Growth and ontogeny are important processes in plant development. The first is related with the plan...
Herbivory directly impacts the fitness of attacked plants, and can modify the population and plant c...
Studies of interactions between ants and plants with extrafloral nectaries are common in the literat...
The Cerrado is an important phytophysiognomy that is rapidly deteriorating due to human activities, ...