Interaction between ants and membracid bugs decreases growth and seed set of host plant bearing extrafloral nectaries

Extrafloral Nectaries and Protection by Pugnacious Bodyguards

Barbara L. Bentley · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1977 · 604 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Entomology +17

Plant Protection as a Consequence of an Ant‐Membracid Mutualism: Interactions on Goldenrod (Solidago Sp.)

Frank J. Messina · Ecology · 1981 · 212 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Entomology +15

Cherries, Ants and Tent Caterpillars: Timing of Nectar Production in Relation in Relation to Susceptibility of Catepillars to Ant Predation

David Tilman · Ecology · 1978 · 198 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Entomology +13

The Protective Function of Ants Visiting the Extrafloral Nectaries of Bixa Orellana (Bixaceae)

Barbara L. Bentley · Journal of Ecology · 1977 · 186 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Entomology +15

A Temperate Region Plant‐Ant‐Seed Predator System: Consequences of Extra Floral Nectar Secretion by Helianthella Quinquenervis

David W. Inouye, Orley R. Taylor · Ecology · 1979 · 166 citations

Life Sciences, Entomology, Plant Sciences +17