Formica rufa (red wood ants)

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Publications (32)

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Different aspects of dominance are not equivalent when testing for trade-offs in ant communities

2025Ecology and EvolutionRole: study subject

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Associations Between Deer Browse and Aphid Colonization in a Long-Term Monitoring Study of Liguisticum porteri

2024Role: study subject

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

2023Role: comparison species for fat con

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Are ants botanists? Ant associative learning of plant chemicals mediates foraging for carbohydrates

2020Ecological EntomologyRole: mentioned species

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Early snowmelt reduces aphid abundance Aphis asclepiadis by creating water stressed host plants Ligusticum porteri and altering interactions with ants

2020Arthropod-Plant InteractionsRole: text_match

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Testing trade-offs and the dominance–impoverishment rule among ant communities

2020Journal of BiogeographyRole: text_match

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Does Aphis asclepiadis colony size mediate Formica rufa and Tapinoma sessile competition for mutualist aphids

2019Role: mutualist partner

Co-occurring Species

Formica rufa

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 73 entities)

Publications (32)

Different aspects of dominance are not equivalent when testing for trade-offs in ant communities

Associations Between Deer Browse and Aphid Colonization in a Long-Term Monitoring Study of Liguisticum porteri

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

Are ants botanists? Ant associative learning of plant chemicals mediates foraging for carbohydrates

Early snowmelt reduces aphid abundance <i>Aphis asclepiadis</i> by creating water stressed host plants <i>Ligusticum porteri</i> and altering interactions with ants

Testing trade-offs and the dominance–impoverishment rule among ant communities

Does <i>Aphis asclepiadis</i> colony size mediate <i>Formica rufa</i> and <i>Tapinoma sessile</i> competition for mutualist aphids

Co-occurring Species

Formica

Formica fusca

Tapinoma sessile

Formicidae

Hymenoptera

Beetles

Myrmica tahoensis

Camponotus herculeanus

Aphididae

Hemiptera

Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity

Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant–aphid mutualism strength

Snowmelt affects aphid (<i>Aphis asclepladis</i>) populations through soil moisture and host plant phenology

Stridulation in <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i> as a Possible Means of Cooperation during Carcass Sequestration

The effects of climate change and biodiversity loss on mutualisms

Are ants botanists?: Ant associative learning of plant volatiles

Effects of Ant Presence on Nicrophorus investigatorâ€™s Reproductive Success

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

Multitrophic interactions mediate theÂ effects ofÂ climate change onÂ herbivore abundance

Native ant (<i>Formica rufa, Formica fusca</i>), <i>Nicrophorus spp.</i> interactions at small mammal carcass resources in the southern Rocky Mountains, Gunnison National Forest, Colorado.

The ability of ants to associatively learn based on olfactory chemical cues produced by plants.

Effects of <i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i> Extrafloral Nectaries on Ant Abundance and Community Structure

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

Effects of early snowmelt and climate warming on Valeriana edulis and the insects that depend on it.

Abiotic and multitrophic determinants of geographic distribution in an herbivorous insect

Mechanisms underlying plant sexual dimorphism in multi-trophic arthropod communities

Influence of macronutrient imbalance on native ant foraging and interspecific interactions in the field

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

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

The effect of ant tending on the fitness of aphids during and after colony establishment

A balanced diet: Effects of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nutritional state on the balance between mutualism and predation upon aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

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

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

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

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