Experimental studies of species-specificity in Cecropia-ant relationships

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-294

  Yu, Douglas W ^a   Davidson, Diane W ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant plant; Ants; Cecropia; Coevolution; Colonization; Coordinated dispersal; Ecological fitting; Habitat specificity; Host specificity; Mutualism; Parasitoid wasps; Preadaptation

Indexed keywords

AZTECA OVATICEPS; CAMPONOTUS BALZANI; CECROPIA; PACHYCONDYLA LUTEOLA; AZTECA AUSTRALIS; CECROPIACEAE; DOLICHODERINAE; FORMICINAE; HYMENOPTERA; PONERINAE;

ANT; COEVOLUTION; COLONIZATION; HOST SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031284531     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2963456     Document Type: Article

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