Bigger ant colonies reduce herbivory and herbivore residence time on leaves of an ant-plant: Azteca muelleri vs. Coelomera ruficornis on Cecropia pachystachya

Oecologia

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 249-252

  Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte ^a   Bergallo, Helena Godoy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Azteca muelleri; Cecropia pachystachya; Coelomera ruficornis; Mutualism; Myrmecophily

Indexed keywords

ANT-PLANT MUTUALISM; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENCE; BEETLE; HERBIVORY; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHILY;

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EID: 0027075404     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00317792     Document Type: Article

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