@article{fdi:010090197,
  title = {{B}iological interactions involving the myrmecophyte {H}irtella physophora and its associates},
  author = {{D}ejean, {A}. and {L}eroy, {C}{\'e}line and {C}orbara, {B}. and {A}zemar, {F}. and {O}rivel, {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n ecological communities, several species interact with one another to regulate their abundance. {F}or example, mutualisms benefit all species involved, commensalism benefits one species but not the other, competition (for a resource) lowers the fitness of all species involved, whereas for predation, herbivory and parasitism one species is negatively affected by the other. {W}e present the biological interactions between the myrmecophyte {H}irtella physophora (i.e. a plant sheltering ants in hollow structures) and other organisms. {T}wo {A}llomerus ants build gallery-shaped traps on this plant using hairs from its stems and the mycelium of an {A}scomycota fungus to capture prey. {T}hey also use their refuse to provide their host plant and the fungi with nutrients (myrmecotrophy). {S}ocial wasps build their nests under the {H}irtella leaves to benefit from the protection provided by {A}llomerus against army ants. {S}everal insects can rob parts of {A}llomerus prey (cleptobiosis), but can be captured in turn. {F}inally, the reduviid {Z}elus annulosus, which foils attacks by {A}llomerus due to the production of a sticky substance that covers its egg masses and coats its legs, mostly attacks prey in groups and then shares them. {T}heir populations are regulated by parasitoid wasps. {C}onsequently, almost all possible biological interactions were noted in this study.},
  keywords = {{A}nt-plant associations ; cleptobiosis ; fungi ; myrmecotrophy ; reduviids ; wasps},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{B}iological {J}ournal of the {L}innean {S}ociety},
  volume = {141},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {1--16},
  ISSN = {0024-4066},
  year = {2024},
  DOI = {10.1093/biolinnean/blad061},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090197},
}