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Ant Pollination

Ant Pollination is a specialized pollination system in which ants act as the primary floral visitors and pollen vectors, distinguished from other pollination syndromes by the unique foraging behavior, chemical communication, and typically low efficiency of ant vectors in comparison to other pollinating taxa.

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435

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212

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2017–2026

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Role of Ants in Pest Management

M. J. Way, K. C. Khoo · Annual Review of Entomology · 1992 · 480 citations

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How plants shape the ant community in the Amazonian rainforest canopy: the key role of extrafloral nectaries and homopteran honeydew

Nico Blüthgen, Manfred Verhaagh, William Goitía et al. · Oecologia · 2000 · 318 citations

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ANT INHIBITION OF POLLEN FUNCTION: A POSSIBLE REASON WHY ANT POLLINATION IS RARE

Andrew J. Beattie, Christine Turnbull, R. B. Knox et al. · American Journal of Botany · 1984 · 189 citations

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Spatiotemporal Variation in Insect Mutualists of a Neotropical Herb

Carol C. Horvitz, Douglas W. Schemske · Ecology · 1990 · 184 citations · Full text

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Viruses, Vectors, and Vegetation

R. W. Whitcomb · Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America · 1970 · 180 citations · Full text

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Authors

435

  1. AJ
    Andrew J. Beattie

    Macquarie University, Australia

    12 publications · 919 citations

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  2. RP
    Rod Peakall

    Australian National University, Australia

    7 publications · 376 citations

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  3. KD
    Kleber Del‐Claro

    Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil

    6 publications · 626 citations

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  4. AD
    Alain Déjean

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    4 publications · 103 citations

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  5. UM
    U. Maschwitz

    Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

    4 publications · 333 citations

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Institutions

212

  1. University of Würzburg

    Würzburg, Germany

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    496 citations

  3. Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

    Uberlândia, Brazil

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    2K citations

  4. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    2K citations

  5. Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

    Campinas, Brazil

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    533 citations

  6. Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

    Toulouse, France

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    196 citations

  7. Laboratoire d’Ethologie Expérimentale et Comparée

    Villetaneuse, France

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    269 citations

  8. Goethe University Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    489 citations

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Venues

  1. Oecologia

    25 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. American Journal of Botany

    14 publications · 933 citations

    14

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  3. Biotropica

    10 publications · 386 citations

    10

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  4. Insectes Sociaux

    IS · 9 publications · 442 citations

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  5. Journal of Chemical Ecology

    8 publications · 483 citations

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