Herbivory of leaf-cutting ants: a case study on Atta colombica in the tropical rainforest of Panama R Wirth, H Herz, RJ Ryel, W Beyschlag, B Hölldobler Springer Science & Business Media, 2002 | 387 | 2002 |
Candicidin-producing Streptomyces support leaf-cutting ants to protect their fungus garden against the pathogenic fungus Escovopsis S Haeder, R Wirth, H Herz, D Spiteller Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (12), 4742-4746, 2009 | 357 | 2009 |
Parasites dominate hyperdiverse soil protist communities in Neotropical rainforests F Mahé, C de Vargas, D Bass, L Czech, A Stamatakis, E Lara, D Singer, ... Nature ecology & evolution 1 (4), 0091, 2017 | 290 | 2017 |
Plant herbivore interactions at the forest edge R Wirth, ST Meyer, IR Leal, M Tabarelli Progress in botany, 423-448, 2008 | 228 | 2008 |
Chemical basis of the synergism and antagonism in microbial communities in the nests of leaf-cutting ants I Schoenian, M Spiteller, M Ghaste, R Wirth, H Herz, D Spiteller Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (5), 1955-1960, 2011 | 227 | 2011 |
Seed dispersal by ants in the semi-arid Caatinga of north-east Brazil IR Leal, R Wirth, M Tabarelli Annals of botany 99 (5), 885-894, 2007 | 195 | 2007 |
The multiple impacts of leaf‐cutting ants and their novel ecological role in human‐modified neotropical forests IR Leal, R Wirth, M Tabarelli Biotropica 46 (5), 516-528, 2014 | 170 | 2014 |
Cutting more from cut forests: edge effects on foraging and herbivory of leaf‐cutting ants in Brazil P Urbas, MV Araújo Jr, IR Leal, R Wirth Biotropica 39 (4), 489-495, 2007 | 170 | 2007 |
Spatial and temporal variability of canopy structure in a tropical moist forest R Wirth, B Weber, RJ Ryel Acta Oecologica 22 (5-6), 235-244, 2001 | 155 | 2001 |
Increasing densities of leaf-cutting ants (Atta spp.) with proximity to the edge in a Brazilian Atlantic forest R Wirth, ST Meyer, WR Almeida, MV Araújo, VS Barbosa, IR Leal Journal of Tropical Ecology 23 (4), 501-505, 2007 | 152 | 2007 |
Spatio-temporal permanence and plasticity of foraging trails in young and mature leaf-cutting ant colonies (Atta spp.) C Kost, EG De Oliveira, TA Knoch, R Wirth Journal of tropical ecology 21 (6), 677-688, 2005 | 135 | 2005 |
Non-specific association between filamentous bacteria and fungus-growing ants C Kost, T Lakatos, I Böttcher, WR Arendholz, M Redenbach, R Wirth Naturwissenschaften 94, 821-828, 2007 | 124 | 2007 |
Ecosystem engineering by leaf-cutting ants: nests of Atta cephalotes drastically alter forest structure and microclimate. ST Meyer, IR Leal, M Tabarelli, R Wirth Ecological entomology 36 (1), 2011 | 114 | 2011 |
How leaf-cutting ants impact forests: drastic nest effects on light environment and plant assemblages MM Corrêa, PSD Silva, R Wirth, M Tabarelli, IR Leal Oecologia 162, 103-115, 2010 | 109 | 2010 |
Annual foraging of the leaf-cutting ant Atta colombica in a semideciduous rain forest in Panama R Wirth, W Beyschlag, RJ Ryel, B Hölldobler Journal of Tropical Ecology 13 (5), 741-757, 1997 | 97 | 1997 |
Leaf‐cutting ants as ecosystem engineers: topsoil and litter perturbations around Atta cephalotes nests reduce nutrient availability ST Meyer, M Neubauer, EJ Sayer, IR Leal, M Tabarelli, R Wirth Ecological Entomology 38 (5), 497-504, 2013 | 89 | 2013 |
Selecting the drought stressed: Effects of plant stress on intraspecific and within-plant herbivory atterns of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Atta colombica ST Meyer, F Roces, R Wirth Functional Ecology, 973-981, 2006 | 82 | 2006 |
Dispersal of Miconia argentea seeds by the leaf-cutting ant Atta colombica JW Dalling, R Wirth Journal of Tropical Ecology 14 (5), 705-710, 1998 | 80 | 1998 |
Persisting Hyper‐abundance of Leaf‐cutting Ants (Atta spp.) at the Edge of an Old Atlantic Forest Fragment ST Meyer, IR Leal, R Wirth Biotropica 41 (6), 711-716, 2009 | 72 | 2009 |
Biogeography of mutualistic fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants UG Mueller, HD Ishak, SM Bruschi, CC Smith, JJ Herman, SE Solomon, ... Molecular ecology 26 (24), 6921-6937, 2017 | 69 | 2017 |