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Fernandes,G. Wilson; Fagundes,Marcílio; Greco,Magda K. Barcelos; Barbeitos,Marcos Soares; Santos,Jean Carlos. |
The effects of ants on the insect community on inflorescences of Byrsonima crassifolia (Malpighiaceae) were tested in an ant exclusion experiment in a cerrado vegetation in southeastern Brazil. Forty-four species of insects (23 families) and nine species of ants (6 genera and 3 subfamilies) were found on the inflorescences of B. crassifolia. The exclusion of ants, primarily Camponotus sericeiventris and Camponotus spp., reduced the treehopper population to 20% of the original abundance. Ant exclusion and time influenced the abundance of chewing (Exclusion, P<0.001; Time, P<0.002), and sucking insects (Exclusion, P<0.02; Time, P<0.01). Twice as many chewing and sucking insects were found on ant-excluded inflorescences as compared to control... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Ant-treehopper mutualism; Cerrado; Community structure; Insect herbivory. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262005000200011 |
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