Implementing wood ants in biocontrol: suppression of apple scab and reduced aphid tending.
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DOI: 10.1002/ps.7422
Abstract: BACKGROUND Ants can become efficient biocontrol agents in plantation crops as they prey on pest insects and may inhibit plant pathogens by excreting broad-spectrum antibiotics. However, ants also provide a disservice by augmenting attended honeydew… read more here.
Keywords: wood ants; scab; implementing wood; apple ... See more keywords
Challenges and a call to action for protecting European red wood ants
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DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13959
Abstract: Red wood ants (RWAs) are a group of keystone species widespread in temperate and boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere. Despite this, there is increasing evidence of local declines and extinctions. We reviewed the current… read more here.
Keywords: challenges call; protection; wood ants; call action ... See more keywords
Nests of red wood ants (Formica rufa-group) are positively associated with tectonic faults: a double-blind test
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3903
Abstract: Ecological studies often are subjected to unintentional biases, suggesting that improved research designs for hypothesis testing should be used. Double-blind ecological studies are rare but necessary to minimize sampling biases and omission errors, and improve… read more here.
Keywords: tectonic faults; wood ants; red wood; double blind ... See more keywords