Assertion: ant | /r/CapableOf | protect plant
Facets:
value: from animals
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from other insects
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from insects
type: OTHER
value: in turn
type: MANNER
value: in return for this shelter
type: PURPOSE
value: from intruders
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from infestation
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from herbivorous mammals
type: OTHER
value: from pests
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: It is general knowledge in the myrmecology department that ants can protect plants from other insects and pests.
text: The plant provides food and shelter to the ants, and the ants defend the plant against browsing animals.
text: The ants, in return for this shelter, will protect the plant from intruders, from infestation and from being eaten by other insects or animals.
text: But what is not really confirmed is that ants can protect plants from animals as big as cows, horses of humans.
text: The ants defend the plant from herbivorous mammals and insects, and may even prune away parasitic plants that attempt to grow on the host plant.
text: Some plants have special nectar exuding structures, extrafloral nectaries, that provide food for ants, which in turn protect the plant from more damaging herbivorous insects.