Ants on swollen-thorn acacias: Species coexistence in a simple system

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 98-107

  Young, Truman P ^a,c   Stubblefield, Cynthia H ^b   Isbell, Lynne A ^c  

^a MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia drepanolobium; Crematogaster; Mutualism; Succession; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEXISTENCE; EXTRAFLORAL NECTARY; MUTUALISM; SWOLLEN-THORN ACACIA;

KENYA, LAIKIPIA;

ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM; ACACIA SEYAL; CAMPONOTUS RUFOGLAUCUS; CREMATOGASTER MIMOSAE; CREMATOGASTER NIGRICEPS; CREMATOGASTER SJOSTEDTI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPISOTA; MIMOSACEAE; TETRAPONERA PENZIGI;

EID: 0030621349     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050063     Document Type: Article

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