| Anthropogenic disturbance reduces seed-dispersal services for myrmecochorous plants in the Brazilian Caatinga LC Leal, AN Andersen, IR Leal Oecologia 174, 173-181, 2014 | 125 | 2014 |
| Myrmecochores can target high-quality disperser ants: variation in elaiosome traits and ant preferences for myrmecochorous Euphorbiaceae in Brazilian Caatinga LC Leal, MCL Neto, AFM de Oliveira, AN Andersen, IR Leal Oecologia 174, 493-500, 2014 | 71 | 2014 |
| Disturbance winners or losers? Plants bearing extrafloral nectaries in Brazilian Caatinga LC Leal, AN Andersen, IR Leal Biotropica 47 (4), 468-474, 2015 | 46 | 2015 |
| The benefits of myrmecochory: a matter of stature IR Leal, LC Leal, AN Andersen Biotropica 47 (3), 281-285, 2015 | 42 | 2015 |
| Germination responses of the invasive Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br.(Apocynaceae): comparisons with seeds from two ecosystems in northeastern Brazil LC Leal, MV Meiado, AV Lopes, IR Leal Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 85, 1025-1034, 2013 | 36 | 2013 |
| Ants as diaspore removers of non‐myrmecochorous plants: a meta‐analysis DV Anjos, LC Leal, P Jordano, K Del‐Claro Oikos 129 (6), 775-786, 2020 | 32 | 2020 |
| Decreasing water availability across the globe improves the effectiveness of protective ant–plant mutualisms: a meta‐analysis LC Leal, PEC Peixoto Biological Reviews 92 (3), 1785-1794, 2017 | 32 | 2017 |
| Aggressive bodyguards are not always the best: preferential interaction with more aggressive ant species reduces reproductive success of plant bearing extrafloral nectaries BG Melati, LC Leal PLoS One 13 (6), e0199764, 2018 | 26 | 2018 |
| Variation in the production of plant tissues bearing extrafloral nectaries explains temporal patterns of ant attendance in Amazonian understorey plants A Nogueira, FB Baccaro, LC Leal, PJ Rey, LG Lohmann, JL Bronstein Journal of Ecology 108 (4), 1578-1591, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
| Protein matters: ants remove herbivores more frequently from extrafloral nectary-bearing plants when habitats are protein poor FCS Passos, LC Leal Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 127 (2), 407-416, 2019 | 19 | 2019 |
| and Climate Change on Myrmecochory in Brazilian Caatinga IR Leal, LC Leal, FMP Oliveira, GB Arcoverde, AN Andersen Ant-plant interactions: Impacts of humans on terrestrial ecosystems, 112, 2017 | 12 | 2017 |
| First record of myrmecochorous diaspores removal by dung beetles in the Caatinga vegetation, a Brazilian semiarid ecosystem L Iannuzzi, LC Leal, MV Meiado, SC Ribeiro, RP Salomão Journal of arid environments 88, 1-3, 2013 | 10 | 2013 |
| Flower size affects bee species visitation pattern on flowers with poricidal anthers across pollination studies T Delgado, LC Leal, JHL El Ottra, VLG Brito, A Nogueira Flora 299, 152198, 2023 | 9 | 2023 |
| Why we shouldn’t blame women for gender disparity in academia: perspectives of women in zoology V Slobodian, KDA Soares, RL Falaschi, LR Prado, P Camelier, ... Zoología (Curitiba) 38, e61968, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
| Temporal and spatial gradients of humidity shape the occurrence and the behavioral manipulation of ants infected by entomopathogenic fungi in Central Amazon JAC Neto, LC Leal, FB Baccaro Fungal Ecology 42, 100871, 2019 | 9 | 2019 |
| My plant, my rules: bodyguard ants of plants with extrafloral nectaries affect patterns of pollinator visits but not pollination success ATF Santos, LC Leal Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126 (1), 158-167, 2019 | 9 | 2019 |
| Does nutritional status constrain adoption of more costly and less risky foraging behaviour in an Amazonian shelter-building spider? RR Moura, LC Leal, TG Kloss Journal of Natural History 50, 45-46, 2016 | 9 | 2016 |
| Which traits optimize plant benefits? Meta‐analysis on the effect of partner traits on the outcome of an ant–plant protective mutualism LC Leal, A Nogueira, PEC Peixoto Journal of Ecology 111 (1), 263-275, 2023 | 8 | 2023 |
| The role of parabiotic ants and environment on epiphyte composition and protection in ant gardens LC Leal, CC Jacovak, PED Bobrowiec, JLC Camargo, PEC Peixoto Sociobiology 64 (3), 276-283, 2017 | 6 | 2017 |
| Proximity shapes similarity in epiphytic composition of Neotropical ant gardens LN Paolucci, RRC Solar, LC Leal Journal of Tropical Ecology 32 (4), 325-329, 2016 | 6 | 2016 |
Paulo Enrique Cardoso PeixotoEcology professor, Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisVerified email at ufmg.br
