Benefits conferred by 'timid' ants: Active anti-herbivore protection of the rainforest tree Leonardoxa africana by the minute ant Petalomyrmex phylax

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-216

  Gaume, Laurence ^a,b   McKey, Doyle ^a,b   Anstett, Marie Charlotte ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Ant plant interaction; Herbivory; Mutualism; Symbiosis; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE PROTECTION; INSECT HERBIVORE; RAINFOREST ANT; RAINFOREST TREE; WORKER;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEONARDOXA AFRICANA; PETALOMYRMEX PHYLAX;

EID: 0030797940     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050302     Document Type: Article

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