What is it about?
Our results indicate that variation in the production of extrafloral nectar along the day increases ant foraging at daytime, when nectar is more available, but interspecific agressiveness between dominant species structure a gradiente of species turnover along day and night, which desapers with nectary removal.
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Why is it important?
Our results show the importance of resources, competition and niche partitioning for the temporal variation in ant activity.
Perspectives
This study is my second paper about temporal partitioning of resources between ants, an important issue in my study system, the Cerrado, where the environment conditions and resources dramatically changes between day and night.
Dr Roberth Fagundes R Fagundes
Universidade Federal de Uberlandia
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This page is a summary of: Extrafloral-nectaries and interspecific aggressiveness regulate day/night turnover of ant species foraging for nectar on Bionia coriacea, Austral Ecology, September 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12446.
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