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Title: Dual ant attraction in the Neotropical shrub Urera baccifera (Urticaceae): the role of ant visitation to pearl bodies and fruits in herbivore deterrence and leaf longevity
Author: Dutra, Humberto De Paula; Freitas, A. V. L.; Oliveira, P. S.
Year: 2006
Is part of: Functional Ecology (Print), v. 20, p. 252 - 260
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01096.x

Citation: Dutra, Humberto De Paula; Freitas, A. V. L.; Oliveira, P. S.; Dual ant attraction in the Neotropical shrub Urera baccifera (Urticaceae): the role of ant visitation to pearl bodies and fruits in herbivore deterrence and leaf longevity. Functional Ecology (Print), v.20, p. 252-260, 2006

Abstract: 1. This study investigated the protective role of ants against phytophagous insects on Urera baccifera (L.) Gaudich. Ants (22 species) visit shrubs of U. baccifera throughout the year and forage especially on leaves, where they harvest pearl bodies, and on fruiting branches, where they collect fleshy fruits. The main leaf herbivores are the butterflies Smyrna blomfildia (Fruhstorfer) and Urbanus esmeraldus (Butler), and the moth Pleuroptya silicalis (Guene).

Keywords: Borboletas; Ecologia; Interação Formiga-Planta; Nymphalidae; Urera;
Subjects: CIENCIAS_BIOLOGICAS; Interação Inseto Planta;
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