Ants on plants: a study on diversity of ant

We studied the insight into the role of ants as plant biotic defences by performing meta-analyses on plant for the effects of ants removal experimentally. Removal of a single ant species increased herbivory of plants by nearly three times compared with removal of multiple ant species. Overall, these findings indicate that ants serve as plant biotic defences but the effects of their presence in tropical systems are more pronounced. Therefore, it is as important to consider the vulnerability of ants to abiotic parameters as to take steps to preserve them in the light of climate change.