Costs of ant attendance for aphids

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 454-459

  Stadler, B ^a   Dixon, A F G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphid ant mutualism; Aphis fabae cirsiiacanthoides; Life history evolution; Phenotypic plasticity; Reproductive investment

Indexed keywords

ANT ATTENDANCE; APHID; MUTUALISM; REPRODUCTIVE COSTS;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS FABAE; APHIS FABAE CIRSIIACANTHOIDES; CIRCSIUM ARVENSE; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; FORMICIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 0031862528     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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