Kleber Del-Claro

TL;DR: In this article, the Optimal Defense Theory (ODT) predicts that continuously expressed (i constitutive) defences are expected in structures of high value, whereas defences that are expressed or that increase their expression only after damage or upon risk of damage (i induced defences) are expected for structures of low value; however, few studies have successfully tested ODT predictions as a way of measuring ecological investment in extra-floral nectary (EFN)-mediated ant-plant interactions.

TL;DR: This article studied the natural history and social behavior of Paratemnoides nidificator in a tropical savanna system and observed the occurrence of matriphagy behavior by the offspring.

TL;DR: Findings suggest that male territoriality may play a significant role on the evolution of sexual size dimorphism in A. reclusa, and that other factors should also be considered to explain the Evolution of SSD in damselflies, since non-territorial males are also capable of acquiring mates.

TL;DR: Evidence that ant–plant–herbivore systems have variable outcomes depending on the species involved, their behaviour and the plant structure under consideration is found.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a meta-analytical approach to investigate the contribution of ants in the removal of non-myrmecochorous diaspores (through vertebrate exclusion experiments).