@article{fdi:010073205,
  title = {{H}ighly modular pattern in ant-plant interactions involving specialized and non-specialized myrmecophytes},
  author = {{D}ejean, {A}. and {A}zemar, {F}. and {P}etitclerc, {F}. and {D}elabie, {J}. {H}. {C}. and {C}orbara, {B}. and {L}eroy, {C}{\'e}line and {C}ereghino, {R}. and {C}ompin, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ecause {T}achia guianensis ({G}entianaceae) is a "non-specialized myrmecophyte" associated with 37 ant species, we aimed to determine if its presence alters the ant guild associated with sympatric "specialized myrmecophytes" (i.e., plants sheltering a few ant species in hollow structures). {T}he study was conducted in a hilly zone of a neotropical rainforest where two specialized myrmecophytes grow at the bottom of the slopes, another at mid-slope, and a fourth on the hilltops. {T}achia guianensis, which occurred everywhere, had its own guild of associated ant species. {A} network analysis showed that its connections with the four other myrmecophytes were rare and weak, the whole resulting in a highly modular pattern of interactions with one module (i.e., subnetwork) per myrmecophyte. {T}hree ant species parasitized three out of the four specialized myrmecophytes (low nestedness noted), but were not or barely associated with {T}. guianensis that therefore did not influence the parasitism of specialized myrmecophytes.},
  keywords = {{A}nt-plant mutualism ; {E}cological network ; {M}yrmecophytes ; {M}odularity ; {N}estedness ; {S}ympatric species ; {GUYANE} {FRANCAISE} ; {PETIT} {SAUT}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cience of {N}ature},
  volume = {105},
  numero = {7-8},
  pages = {art. 43 [8 p.]},
  ISSN = {0028-1042},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1007/s00114-018-1570-0},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073205},
}