Cospeciation of ants and plants

Ecological Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 787-793

  Itino, Takao ^a   Davies, Stuart J ^b,c   Tada, Hideko ^d   Hieda, Yoshihiro ^d   Inoguchi, Mika ^d   Itioka, Takao ^e   Yamane, Seiki ^f   Inoue, Tamiji ^g  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^d KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Crematogaster; Macaranga; Molecular phylogeny; Myrmecophyte

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001129410     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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