Ant specificity and behaviour in mutualisms with epiphytes: the case of Lecanopteris (Polypodiaceae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 261-284

  GAY, HONOR ^a   HENSEN, RAYMOND ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ant epiphyte; Iridomyrmex; Lecanopteris; mutualism; specificity

Indexed keywords

ANT-PLANT MUTUALISM; DOMATIA; EPIPHYTE; HOMOPTERA; MUTUALISM;

CAMPONOTUS PALLIDUS; CREMATOGASTER BORNEENSIS; CREMATOGASTER DIFFORMIS; CREMATOGASTER TREUBI; IRIDOMYRMEX CORDATUS; IRIDOMYRMEX MURINUS; LECANOPTERIS CELEBICA; LECANOPTERIS CURTISII; LECANOPTERIS DARNAEDII; LECANOPTERIS MIRABILIS; LECANOPTERIS PUMILA; LECANOPTERIS SARCOPUS; LECANOPTERIS SINUOSA; POLYPODIACEAE;

EID: 0027019866     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1992.tb00670.x     Document Type: Article

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