The influence of ants on patterns of colonization and establishment within a set of coexisting lycaenid butterflies in a south-east Asian tropical rain forest

Oecologia

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-136

  Seufert, Peter ^a   Fiedler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ant plant relationships; Butterfly communities; Butterfly ant mutualisms; Diversity; Hostplant relationships

Indexed keywords

ANT-BUTTERFLY INTERACTION; ANT-PLANT MUTUALISM; COEXISTENCE; MUTUALISM;

MALAYSIA;

CHERITRA FREJA; CLADOMYRMA PETALAE; DRUPADIA THEDA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; JAMIDES CAERULEUS; LEGUMINOSAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; SARACA THAIPINGENSIS;

EID: 0030051523     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00334414     Document Type: Article

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