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List of works by Laura Carolina Leal

Aggressive bodyguards are not always the best: Preferential interaction with more aggressive ant species reduces reproductive success of plant bearing extrafloral nectaries.

scientific article

Anthropogenic disturbance reduces seed-dispersal services for myrmecochorous plants in the Brazilian Caatinga

scientific article

Ants as diaspore removers of non‐myrmecochorous plants: a meta‐analysis

scientific article published on 23 March 2020

Decreasing water availability across the globe improves the effectiveness of protective ant-plant mutualisms: a meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 28 October 2016

Disturbance Winners or Losers? Plants Bearing Extrafloral Nectaries in Brazilian Caatinga

article

Extrafloral nectar production induced by simulated herbivory does not improve ant bodyguard attendance and ultimately plant defence

scientific article published in 2021

Linking pollen limitation and seed dispersal effectiveness

scientific article published in 2023

My plant, my rules: bodyguard ants of plants with extrafloral nectaries affect patterns of pollinator visits but not pollination success

scientific article published in 2018

Myrmecochores can target high-quality disperser ants: variation in elaiosome traits and ant preferences for myrmecochorous Euphorbiaceae in Brazilian Caatinga

scientific article

Protein matters: ants remove herbivores more frequently from extrafloral nectary-bearing plants when habitats are protein poor

scientific article published in 2019

The Benefits of Myrmecochory: A Matter of Stature

When the company does not matter: High-quality ant seed-disperser does not drive the spatial distribution of large-seeded myrmecochorous plants

scientific article published on 24 December 2019

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