Azteca protection of Cecropia: ant occupation benefits juvenile trees

Oecologia

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 379-385

  Schupp, Eugene W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant plant interaction; Azteca; Cecropia; Growth; Herbivory

Indexed keywords

ANT/PLANT;

EID: 0022857424     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00379500     Document Type: Article

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