Divergent effects of leaf‐cutting ant herbivory and soil engineering on the reproductive success of plants in a Caatinga dry forest

Leaf‐cutting ant nests support less dense and impoverished seed assemblages in a human‐modified Caatinga dry forest

(2023) Fernanda M. P. Oliveira et al.   BIOTROPICA

Exotic goats do not affect the seed bank but reduce seedling survival in a human-modified landscape of Caatinga dry forest

(2022) Lays Lins et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Aridity mediates the effect of wood extraction on the reproductive output of an endemic disturbance‐adapted woody species ( Cenostigma microphyllum , Leguminosae) in the Caatinga dry forest

(2022) Willams Oliveira et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Coppicing as a driver of plant resprouting and the regeneration of a Caatinga dry forest

(2022) Ronald Noutcheu et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Experimental Test of the Combined Effects of Water Availability and Flowering Time on Pollinator Visitation and Seed Set

(2021) M. Kate Gallagher et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Leaf-cutting ants negatively impact the regeneration of the Caatinga dry forest across abandoned pastures

(2020) Clarissa M. Knoechelmann et al.   BIOTROPICA

A systematic review of the direct and indirect effects of herbivory on plant reproduction mediated by pollination

(2020) Stephanie M. Haas et al.   PeerJ

Effects of herbivory and its timing on reproductive success of a tropical deciduous tree

(2020) Enya N Quiroz-Pacheco et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Resprouting drives successional pathways and the resilience of Caatinga dry forest in human-modified landscapes

(2020) Maria Fabíola Barros et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Welcome to the Atta world: A framework for understanding the effects of leaf‐cutter ants on ecosystem functions

(2019) Amanda C. Swanson et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A meta‐analysis of herbivore effects on plant attractiveness to pollinators

(2019) Xoaquín Moreira et al.   ECOLOGY

Disentangling the effects of foliar vs. floral herbivory of leaf-cutting ants on the plant reproductive success of Miconia nervosa (Smith) Triana (Family Melastomataceae)

(2019) T. Câmara et al.   BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Drought stress modifies early effective resistance and induced chemical defences of Aleppo pine against a chewing insect herbivore

(2019) Estefanía Suárez-Vidal et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

A framework for deriving measures of chronic anthropogenic disturbance: Surrogate, direct, single and multi-metric indices in Brazilian Caatinga

(2018) Xavier Arnan et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Effects of chronic anthropogenic disturbance and rainfall on the specialization of ant-plant mutualistic networks in the Caatinga, a Brazilian dry forest

(2018) Talita Câmara et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

How plant reproductive success is determined by the interplay of antagonists and mutualists

(2018) Ingo Grass et al.   Ecosphere

Refuse attracts? Effect of refuse dumps of leaf-cutting ants on floral traits

(2018) Anahí Fernandez et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Human disturbance promotes herbivory by leaf-cutting ants in the Caatinga dry forest

(2018) Felipe F. S. Siqueira et al.   BIOTROPICA

Ant-Pollinator Conflict Results in Pollinator Deterrence but no Nectar Trade-Offs

(2018) Nora Villamil et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Precipitation mediates the effect of human disturbance on the Brazilian Caatinga vegetation

(2017) Kátia F. Rito et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Leaf-cutting ant populations profit from human disturbances in tropical dry forest in Brazil

(2017) Felipe F. S. Siqueira et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Chronic anthropogenic disturbance causes homogenization of plant and ant communities in the Brazilian Caatinga

(2016) José Domingos Ribeiro-Neto et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

From over to undercompensation: Variable responses to herbivory during ontogeny of a Neotropical monocarpic plant

(2016) Richard Tito et al.   BIOTROPICA

Consequences of leaf-cutting ants on plant fitness: integrating negative effects of herbivory and positive effects from soil improvement

(2016) A. G. Farji-Brener et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Social life and sanitary risks: evolutionary and current ecological conditions determine waste management in leaf-cutting ants

(2016) Alejandro G. Farji-Brener et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Chronic anthropogenic disturbance drives the biological impoverishment of the Brazilian Caatinga vegetation

(2015) Elâine M. S. Ribeiro et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Herbivory Increases Fruit Set in Silene latifolia: A Consequence of Induced Pollinator-Attracting Floral Volatiles?

(2015) Salvatore Cozzolino et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Root herbivory indirectly affects above- and below-ground community members and directly reduces plant performance

(2015) Nicholas A. Barber et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

The Multiple Impacts of Leaf-Cutting Ants and Their Novel Ecological Role in Human-Modified Neotropical Forests

(2014) Inara R. Leal et al.   BIOTROPICA

A meta-analysis of leaf-cutting ant nest effects on soil fertility and plant performance

(2014) ALEJANDRO G. FARJI-BRENER et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

The fungus gardens of leaf-cutter ants undergo a distinct physiological transition during biomass degradation

(2014) Eric L. Huang et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Using observation-level random effects to model overdispersion in count data in ecology and evolution

(2014) Xavier A. Harrison   PeerJ

Leaf-cutting ants as ecosystem engineers: topsoil and litter perturbations aroundAtta cephalotesnests reduce nutrient availability

(2013) SEBASTIAN T. MEYER et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the seasonally dry tropical forest of northeastern Brazil: a compilation from field surveys in Bahia and literature records

(2013) Mônica A. Ulysséa et al.   REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ENTOMOLOGIA

Apple pollination: A review

(2013) Fernando Ramírez et al.   SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE

Drought stress affects constitutive but not induced herbivore resistance in apple plants

(2011) Bettina Gutbrodt et al.   Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Leaf-cutting ants proliferate in the Amazon: an expected response to forest edge?

(2011) Christoph Dohm et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Attack frequency and the tolerance to herbivory of Neotropical savanna trees

(2011) Fabiane M. Mundim et al.   OECOLOGIA

Do Leaf Cutting Ants Cut Undetected? Testing the Effect of Ant-Induced Plant Defences on Foraging Decisions in Atta colombica

(2011) Christian Kost et al.   PLoS One

Performance and fate of tree seedlings on and around nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta cephalotes: Ecological filters in a fragmented forest

(2010) SEBASTIAN T. MEYER et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Effects of Florivory on the Pollination of Flowers: An Experimental Field Study with a Perennial Plant

(2010) Yuria J. Cardel et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Floral volatiles controlling ant behaviour

(2009) Pat G. Willmer et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

How leaf-cutting ants impact forests: drastic nest effects on light environment and plant assemblages

(2009) Michele M. Corrêa et al.   OECOLOGIA

Do herbivores exert top-down effects in Neotropical savannas? Estimates of biomass consumption by leaf-cutter ants

(2008) Alan N. Costa et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Leaf-cutting ant nests near roads increase fitness of exotic plant species in natural protected areas

(2008) A. G Farji-Brener et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES