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Trees harbouring ants are better defended than con-generic and sympatric ant-free trees.
Die Naturwissenschaften - 30 Jun 2023
de Melo Teles E Gomes Inácio José, Neves Matheus Oliveira, Paolucci Lucas Navarro
Abstract excerpt
Plant strategies against herbivores are classically divided into chemical, physical, biotic defences. However, little is known about the relative importance of each type of plant defence, especially in the same species. Using the myrmecophyte Triplaris americana (both with and without ants), and the congeneric non-myrmecophyte T. gardneriana, we tested whether ant defence is more effective than other defences of...
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