Food body production in Macaranga triloba (Euphorbiaceae): A plant investment in anti-herbivore defence via symbiotic ant partners

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 847-861

  Heil, Martin ^a   Fiala, Brigitte ^a   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a   Zotz, Gerhard ^a   Menke, Petra ^b   Maschwitz, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ant plant interaction; Costs of 'biotic' defence; Mutualism; Myrmecophytism; Regulation of metabolic costs

Indexed keywords

ANT-PLANT MUTUALISM; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENCE; FOOD BODY; SYMBOSIS;

EUPHORBIACEAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MACARANGA TRILOBA;

EID: 0031454924     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960606     Document Type: Article

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