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Definition
Mutually beneficial herbivore-predator associations where sap-feeding insects provide honeydew food for ants in exchange for protection against predators
Related Terms (39)
aphid-ant mutualismant-hemipteran mutualismtrophobiosismutualismant-aphid mutualismprotection mutualismant protection mutualismmutualist servicesmutualist interactionsant-treehopper mutualism
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Publications (55)
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Associations Between Deer Browse and Aphid Colonization in a Long-Term Monitoring Study of Liguisticum porteri
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Host plant phenology shapes aphid abundance and interactions with ants
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The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects
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Ant Behavioral Responses to Aphids Colonizing <i> Ligusticum porteri </i>
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Chronic, low-level nitrogen deposition enhances abundances of ant-protected herbivores inhabiting an imperiled foundation species
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Early snowmelt reduces aphid abundance <i>Aphis asclepiadis</i> by creating water stressed host plants <i>Ligusticum porteri</i> and altering interactions with ants
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Are ants botanists? Ant associative learning of plant chemicals mediates foraging for carbohydrates
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Elevated temperatures alter an ant aphid mutualism
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Plant chemical mediation of ant behavior
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Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant–aphid mutualism strength
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Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity
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The Effect of Predation on Ant-aphid Mutualism in <i>Ligusticum porteri</i>
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Does <i>Aphis asclepiadis</i> colony size mediate <i>Formica rufa</i> and <i>Tapinoma sessile</i> competition for mutualist aphids
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Snowmelt affects aphid (<i>Aphis asclepladis</i>) populations through soil moisture and host plant phenology
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Short-term, low-level nitrogen deposition dampens a trophic cascade between bears and plants
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Are ants botanists?: Ant associative learning of plant volatiles
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Multitrophic interactions mediate the effects of climate change on herbivore abundance
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Genetic basis of plant-insect interactions: insect recruitment to <i>Boechera stricta</i>
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The ability of ants to associatively learn based on olfactory chemical cues produced by plants.
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Effects of <i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i> Extrafloral Nectaries on Ant Abundance and Community Structure
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Effects of early snowmelt and climate warming on Valeriana edulis and the insects that depend on it.
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Abiotic and multitrophic determinants of geographic distribution in an herbivorous insect
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Benefits of ant attendance for aphid colonies of varying density
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Chemical camouflage and the consequences of changing host plants in a treehopper-ant mutualism
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Does ant usage vary between the plants <i>Ligusticum porteri</i> and <i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i>?
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Does ant usage vary between the plants <i>Ligusticum porteri</i> and <i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i>?
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Influence of macronutrient imbalance on native ant foraging and interspecific interactions in the field
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Examining top-down and bottom up effects on aphid abundance on Ligusticum porteri
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Causes of predation intensity in an ant/aphid mutualist system
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The effect of ant tending on the fitness of aphids during and after colony establishment
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Ant presences alter plants: The impact <i>Formica obscuripes</i> presence on plants and soil micro-anthropod diversity
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Role of floral nectaries and plant sex in mediating ant-aphid interactions on <i>Valeriana edulis</i>
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The effect of ants on the population dynamics of <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i> a protective symbiont of aphids
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What's for lunch: deciphering ant omnivory on lupine
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What's for lunch: deciphering ant omnivory on lupine
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A test of sexual dimorphism in <i>Valeriana edulis</i> resistance and induced responses to herbivory
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Species Interactions in Arthropod Communities: Density Dependence and Ant Interactions on Aphid Per Capita Population Growth
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Protection at a price? Ant interactions with pollinators on aspen sunflower (<i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i>)
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Reciprocal effects among the ant <i>Formica obscuripes</i> and the asters <i>Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus</i> and <i>Artemisia tridentata</i>
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Reciprocal effects among the ant <i>Formica obscuripes</i> and the asters <i>Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus</i> and <i>Artemisia tridentata</i>
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Variation in host plant sex mediates ant-aphid interactions
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A balanced diet: Effects of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nutritional state on the balance between mutualism and predation upon aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
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Helianthella quinquernervis ray floret removal: effect on insect visitation frequency
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Insect herbivore stoichiometry: the relative importance of host plants and ant mutualists
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Ant-aphid interactions: are ants friends, enemies, or both?
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The effect of ants on membracid nymph size and instar
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Bottom-up mediation of an ant-membracid mutualism: effects from different host plants
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The timing of the ant-effect on nymph size and survivorship in an ant-treehopper mutualism
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Impact of the Western Thatching Ant (Formica obscuripes) on
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What is the nature of the ant-aphid relationship?
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Self-Similarity in the Distribution of Plant Species Across a Successional Gradient
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The Combined Effects of Aphid-Ant Mutualism and Fertilizer on the Resource Allocation of Valerian edulis
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Assessing the quality of different ant species as partners of a myrmecophilous butterfly
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Plant resource allocation and herbivory for <i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i> (Asteraceae) over an elevational gradient
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