Percentage of herbivory with time for the control and ant-excluded plants (grey). Removing the ant colonies resulted in a significant increase in the percentage of herbivory after 2, 4, and 6 weeks (U = 14, P < 0.05; U = 21; P < 0.05; U = 14.5, P < 0.01 respectively). There was also a significant increase in herbivory through time in the ant-excluded plants (ANOVA χ2N=11, df=2 = 15.8, P < 0.001), but not in the control (ANOVA χ2N=11, df=2 = 4, P > 0.05).

 
 
  Part of: Sanchez A, Bellota E (2015) Protection against herbivory in the mutualism between Pseudomyrmex dendroicus (Formicidae) and Triplaris americana (Polygonaceae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 46: 71-83. https://doi.org/10.3897/JHR.46.5518