Experimental tests of the mechanism for ant-enhanced growth in an ant-tended lycaenid butterfly

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 424-429

  Wagner, Diane ^a,b   Martínez Del Rio, Carlos ^a,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant tending; Digestion; Formica perpilosa; Growth; Hemiargus isola

Indexed keywords

FORMICA PERPILOSA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIARGUS; HEMIARGUS ISOLA; LYCAENIDAE;

EID: 0030772828     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050328     Document Type: Article

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