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F. obscuripes — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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F. obscuripes

Roles: study subject

External: iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 16 | Mentions: 16

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Knowledge graph centered on F. obscuripes with 71 nodes and 159 connections. Top connected: Ligusticum porteri, Asteraceae, Lepidoptera, Bacteria, Populus.

Publications (16)

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

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

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: study subject

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

2010Role: text_match

Co-occurring Species

Formica obscuripes

Formicidae15 shared papers

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae14 shared papers

Artemisia

Asteraceae11 shared papers

A. tridentata

9 shared papers

Artemisia tridentata

Asteraceae9 shared papers

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Asteraceae7 shared papers

Lupinus

Fabaceae5 shared papers

Formica rufa

Formicidae5 shared papers

mycorrhizal fungi

4 shared papers

Lepidoptera

4 shared papers

What's for lunch: deciphering ant omnivory on lupine

2010Role: 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

The effect of ants on membracid nymph size and instar

2007Role: 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

Assessing the quality of different ant species as partners of a myrmecophilous butterfly

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

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

1989Role: text_match