Density-dependent ant attendance and its effects on the parasitism of a honeydew-producing scale insect, Ceroplastes rubens

Oecologia

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 448-454

  Itioka, Takao ^a,b   Inoue, Tamiji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anicetus beneficus; Ant homopteran mutualism; Lasuis niger; Parasitoid wasp; Trophobiosis

Indexed keywords

CEROPLASTES RUBENS; ANICETUS BENEFICUS; COCCIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS NIGER;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HONEYDEW; PARASITISM; SCALE INSECT;

EID: 0029661708     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00329700     Document Type: Article

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