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The influence of ants on the survival of mountain birches during an Oporinia autumnata (Lep., Geometridae) outbreak.

Kari J Laine1, Pekka Niemelä2.   

Abstract

The present study reports the influence of ants on the survival of mountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. tortuosa) during an Oporinia autumnata (Lep., Geometridae) outbreak. Undamaged "green islands" with a radius of 15-20 m were observed around Formica aquilonia mounds in a defoliated area in Finnish Lapland. The herbivore densities and grazing pressure were shown to be low within this radius. The foraging strategy of ants and their influence on birch growth are discussed.

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Year:  1980        PMID： 28309626     DOI： 10.1007/BF00541773

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Oecologia        ISSN： 0029-8549            Impact factor:   3.225


  10 in total

1.  Autumn leaf colouration: a new hypothesis involving plant-ant mutualism via aphids.

Authors:  Kazuo Yamazaki
Journal:  Naturwissenschaften       Date:  2008-03-11

2.  Green islands - predation not nutrition.

Authors:  Pekka Niemelä; Kari J Laine
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  1986-09       Impact factor: 3.225

3.  Green Islands - nutrition not predation -an alternative hypothesis.

Authors:  T C R White
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  1985-10       Impact factor: 3.225

4.  Contributions of female oviposition patterns and larval behavior to group defense in conifer sawflies (hymenoptera: diprionidae).

Authors:  Sylvio G Codella; Kenneth F Raffa
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  1995-07       Impact factor: 3.225

5.  Foliage phenols and nitrogen in relation to growth, insect damage, and ability to recover after defoliation, in the mountain birch Betula pubescens ssp tortuosa.

Authors:  Erkki Haukioja; Pekka Niemelä; Seija Sirén
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  1985-01       Impact factor: 3.225

6.  Distribution and physical traits of red wood ant mounds in a managed Rhodope mountains forest.

Authors:  Angelos Tsikas; Paraskevi Karanikola; Aristotelis C Papageorgiou
Journal:  Environ Monit Assess       Date:  2016-06-27       Impact factor: 2.513

7.  Responses of two hymenopteran predators to surface Chemistry of their prey: Significance for an alkaloid-sequestering caterpillar.

Authors:  C B Montllor; E A Bernays; M L Cornelius
Journal:  J Chem Ecol       Date:  1991-02       Impact factor: 2.626

8.  Evidence that predator satiation may restrict the spatial spread of a tussock moth (Orgyia vetusta) outbreak.

Authors:  Susan Harrison; Chris Wilcox
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  1995-03       Impact factor: 3.225

9.  Discussion of development processes in insect-fungus association derived from the shaggy parasol fruiting on the nests of hairy wood ants.

Authors:  Douglas Fraser
Journal:  Ecol Evol       Date:  2019-09-30       Impact factor: 2.912

10.  Vibrational communication between a myrmecophilous butterfly Spindasis lohita (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and its host ant Crematogaster rogenhoferi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

Authors:  Yueh-Hsien Lin; Yi-Chang Liao; Chin-Cheng Scotty Yang; Johan Billen; Man-Miao Yang; Yu-Feng Hsu
Journal:  Sci Rep       Date:  2019-12-06       Impact factor: 4.379
  10 in total

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