The soft scale (Coccidae) associates of Malaysian ant-plants

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 427-443

  Heckroth, Hans Peter ^a   Fiala, Brigitte ^b   Gullan, Penny J ^c   Idris, Azarae H J ^a   Maschwitz, Ulrich ^d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ant plants; Coccidae; Crematogaster; Diversity; Macaranga; Malaysia; Scale insects; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; INSECT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

BORNEO; MALAYSIA; PENINSULAR;

COCCIDAE; COCCUS; HOMOPTERA; MACARANGA;

EID: 0031671020     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467498000327     Document Type: Article

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