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Formica obscuripes — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Formica obscuripes

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae

Roles: study subject

ITIS TSN: 154214

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 33 | Mentions: 34

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Knowledge graph centered on Formica obscuripes with 72 nodes and 134 connections. Top connected: Ligusticum porteri, Asteraceae, Lepidoptera, Bacteria, Erigeron.

Publications (33)

Indirect effect of black bears on sunflowers in nitrogen-polluted and pristine steppe

2024Role: text_match

Breakfast of champions: Spatiotemporal variation in the quality of ant nests for bear consumers

2023Role: text_match

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

Short-term, low-level nitrogen deposition dampens a trophic cascade between bears and plants

2018Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

The Effects of Ants on Ecosystem Dynamics: Investigating the Ecological Influence of Ant Nests in the Rocky Mountains

2016Role: text_match

Changes in ant community composition caused by 20 years of experimental warming vs.13 years of natural climate shift

2014EcosphereRole: text_match

Co-occurring Species

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae22 shared papers

Artemisia

Asteraceae20 shared papers

A. tridentata

18 shared papers

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Asteraceae17 shared papers

Artemisia tridentata

Asteraceae17 shared papers

F. obscuripes

15 shared papers

Wyethia amplexicaulis

Asteraceae8 shared papers

Lupinus

Fabaceae8 shared papers

Formica rufa

Formicidae8 shared papers

Asteraceae

Asteraceae8 shared papers

Benefits of ant attendance for aphid colonies of varying density

2013Role: text_match

Chemical camouflage and the consequences of changing host plants in a treehopper-ant mutualism

2013Role: 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

Ant presences alter plants: The impact <i>Formica obscuripes</i> presence on plants and soil micro-anthropod diversity

2011Role: text_match

Causes of predation intensity in an ant/aphid mutualist system

2011Role: text_match

Impact of mound-building ants on ecosystem properties create islands of fertility in alpine meadows

2011Role: text_match

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

2011Role: study subject

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

2010Role: text_match

What's for lunch: deciphering ant omnivory on lupine

2010Role: text_match

Reciprocal effects among the ant <i>Formica obscuripes</i> and the asters <i>Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus</i> and <i>Artemisia tridentata</i>

2009Role: text_match

Effects of aggregation size and host plant on the survival of an ant-tended Membracid (Hemiptera: Membracidae): potential roles in selecting for generalized host plant use

2008Annals of the Entomological Society of AmericaRole: text_match

Insect herbivore stoichiometry: the relative importance of host plants and ant mutualists

2008Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

Ant-aphid interactions: are ants friends, enemies, or both?

2007Annals of the Entomological Society of AmericaRole: text_match

Testing the importance of the distribution of worker sizes to colony performance in the ant species Formica obscuripes Forel

2007Insectes SociauxRole: text_match

The effect of ants on membracid nymph size and instar

2007Role: text_match

Bottom-up mediation of an ant-membracid mutualism: effects from different host plants

2006Evolutionary EcologyRole: text_match

The timing of the ant-effect on nymph size and survivorship in an ant-treehopper mutualism

2006Role: text_match

The Effect of Ant Colony Proximity on Membracid Survivorship

2005Role: text_match

Impact of the Western Thatching Ant (Formica obscuripes) on

2004URBEERole: text_match

What is the nature of the ant-aphid relationship?

2004Role: text_match

The relative importance of spatial vs. temporal variability in generating a conditional mutalism

2003EcologyRole: text_match

Impact of the Western Thatching Ant (<i>Formica obscuripes</i>) on insect abundance and diversity

2000Role: text_match

Division of labor and worker caste efficiency in the western thatching ant Formica obscuripes

1999Role: text_match

Differing plant communities in environments of high and low densities of <i>Formica obscuripes</i>

1993Role: text_match

A test of the central-place foraging theory and observations on the foraging behavior of <i>Formica obscuripes</i>

1991Role: text_match

Seed protection by ants foraging on the extrafloral nectaries of the aspen sunflower, <i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i>

1989Role: text_match