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Hamiltonella defensa — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Hamiltonella defensa

Roles: protective symbiont

External: iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 5 | Mentions: 5

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Knowledge graph centered on Hamiltonella defensa with 71 nodes and 222 connections. Top connected: Ligusticum porteri, Bacteria, Populus, Artemisia, Populus tremuloides.

Publications (5)

Chronic, low-level nitrogen deposition enhances abundances of ant-protected herbivores inhabiting an imperiled foundation species

2021Acta OecologicaRole: text_match

Comparing predictive measures and model functions for estimating plant biomass: lessons from a sagebrush–rabbitbrush community

2019Plant EcologyRole: text_match

The effect of ants on the population dynamics of a protective symbiont of aphids, <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i>

2012Annals of Entomological Society of AmericaRole: text_match

The effect of ants on the population dynamics of <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i> a protective symbiont of aphids

2011Role: protective symbiont

Fitness costs of the aphid endosymbiont, <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i>

2010Role: text_match

Co-occurring Species

A. tridentata

5 shared papers

Artemisia tridentata

Asteraceae5 shared papers

Artemisia

Asteraceae5 shared papers

Formica obscuripes

Formicidae5 shared papers

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae4 shared papers

F. obscuripes

4 shared papers

Lupinus

Fabaceae3 shared papers

Phleum pratense

Poaceae3 shared papers

Brachypodium distachyon

not mentioned3 shared papers

herbaceous plants

3 shared papers