The interaction of thorns and symbiotic ants as an effective defence mechanism of swollen-thorn acacias

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 401-405

  Stapley, Linsey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acacia ants; Defence; Herbivory; Mammals; Thorns

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENCE; MECHANICAL DEFENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM; CREMATOGASTER; CREMATOGASTER ASHMEADI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031846370     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050534     Document Type: Article

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