Symbiotic ants as an alternative defense against giraffe herbivory in spinescent Acacia drepanolobium

Oecologia

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 235-238

  Madden, Derek ^a   Young, Truman P ^a  

^a School for Field Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia ants; Crematogaster; Defense; Giraffes; Myrmecophytes; Thorns

Indexed keywords

ANT-PLANT MUTUALISM; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENCE; GIRAFFE; HERBIVORY; MYRMECOPHILY; SYMBIOSIS;

KENYA, ATHI-KAPITI PLAINS;

ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM; ACACIA SEYAL; CREMATOGASTER; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS;

EID: 0027040965     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00317789     Document Type: Article

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