Laura C. Leal

718 total citations
29 papers, 458 citations indexed

About

Laura C. Leal is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura C. Leal has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 458 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 17 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Laura C. Leal's work include Plant and animal studies (23 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (17 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers). Laura C. Leal is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (23 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (17 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers). Laura C. Leal collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Australia. Laura C. Leal's co-authors include Inara R. Leal, Alan N. Andersen, Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto, Anselmo Nogueira, Antônio Fernando Morais de Oliveira, Fabrício Beggiato Baccaro, Diego V. Anjos, Pedro Jordano, Marcos Vinícius Meiado and Kleber Del‐Claro and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Ecology Letters.

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Laura C. Leal

28 papers receiving 454 citations

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ants on flowers: Protective ants impose a low but variable cost to pollination, moderated by location of extrafloral nectaries and type of flower visitor 2025 ·Journal of Ecology ·(unknown), Anselmo Nogueira, Judith L. Bronstein, Pedro J. Rey, Laura C. Leal	2
2	Costs of floral larceny: A meta‐analytical evaluation of nectar robbing and nectar theft on animal‐pollinated plants 2025 ·Ecology ·Laura C. Leal, Matthew H. Koski, Rebecca E. Irwin, Judith L. Bronstein	3
3	Pesticides put our food security at risk by reducing bee survival almost five times 2024 ·Apidologie ·(unknown), Laura C. Leal, Marco A. R. Mello	2
4	A Forma Empresa Nos Programas De Pós-Graduação: Docentes, Empreendedorismo De Si E Capital Humano 2024 ·Revista Polis e Psique ·Laura C. Leal, (unknown)	0
5	How seasonality influences the thermal biology of lizards with different thermoregulatory strategies: a meta‐analysis 2023 ·Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·(unknown), Alexandre V. Palaoro, Laura C. Leal, Fábio Cury de Barros	17
6	Linking pollen limitation and seed dispersal effectiveness 2023 ·Ecology Letters ·Laura C. Leal, Matthew H. Koski	2
7	Which traits optimize plant benefits? Meta‐analysis on the effect of partner traits on the outcome of an ant–plant protective mutualism 2022 ·Journal of Ecology ·Laura C. Leal, Anselmo Nogueira, Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto	14
8	Flower size affects bee species visitation pattern on flowers with poricidal anthers across pollination studies 2022 ·Flora ·(unknown), Laura C. Leal, Juliana Hanna Leite El Ottra, Vinícius Lourenço Garcia de Brito, Anselmo Nogueira	18
9	Why we shouldn’t blame women for gender disparity in academia: perspectives of women in zoology 2021 ·Zoologia (Curitiba) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Priscila Camelier, Thaís Guedes, Laura C. Leal, Annie Schmaltz Hsiou, Glaucia Del‐Rio, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Luisa Maria Diele‐Viegas	6
10	Extrafloral nectar production induced by simulated herbivory does not improve ant bodyguard attendance and ultimately plant defence 2021 ·Biological Journal of the Linnean Society ·(unknown), Anselmo Nogueira, Laura C. Leal	5
11	Peace, sweet peace: ants become less aggressive when carbohydrates abound 2020 ·Ecological Entomology ·(unknown), (unknown), Laura C. Leal	4
12	Variation in the production of plant tissues bearing extrafloral nectaries explains temporal patterns of ant attendance in Amazonian understorey plants 2019 ·Journal of Ecology ·Anselmo Nogueira, Fabrício Beggiato Baccaro, Laura C. Leal, Pedro J. Rey, Lúcia G. Lohmann, Judith L. Bronstein	21
13	Aggressive bodyguards are not always the best: Preferential interaction with more aggressive ant species reduces reproductive success of plant bearing extrafloral nectaries 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Laura C. Leal	21
14	The role of parabiotic ants and environment on epiphyte composition and protection in ant gardens 2017 ·Sociobiology ·Laura C. Leal, (unknown), Paulo Estefano Dineli Bobrowiec, (unknown), Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto	8
15	Does nutritional status constrain adoption of more costly and less risky foraging behaviour in an Amazonian shelter-building spider? 2016 ·Journal of Natural History ·(unknown), Laura C. Leal, (unknown)	7
16	The Benefits of Myrmecochory: A Matter of Stature 2015 ·Biotropica ·Inara R. Leal, Laura C. Leal, Alan N. Andersen	27
17	Disturbance Winners or Losers? Plants Bearing Extrafloral Nectaries in Brazilian Caatinga 2015 ·Biotropica ·Laura C. Leal, Alan N. Andersen, Inara R. Leal	34
18	Anthropogenic disturbance reduces seed-dispersal services for myrmecochorous plants in the Brazilian Caatinga 2013 ·Oecologia ·Laura C. Leal, Alan N. Andersen, Inara R. Leal	80
19	Myrmecochores can target high-quality disperser ants: variation in elaiosome traits and ant preferences for myrmecochorous Euphorbiaceae in Brazilian Caatinga 2013 ·Oecologia ·Laura C. Leal, (unknown), Antônio Fernando Morais de Oliveira, Alan N. Andersen, Inara R. Leal	52
20	Germination responses of the invasive Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br. (Apocynaceae): comparisons with seeds from two ecosystems in northeastern Brazil 2013 ·Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências ·Laura C. Leal, Marcos Vinícius Meiado, Ariadna Valentina Lopes, Inara R. Leal	23

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