Ant protection of the nectaried fern Polypodium plebeium in central Mexico

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 736-739

  Koptur, Suzanne ^a   Rico Gray, Victor ^b   Palacios Rios, Mónica ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Antiherbivore defense; Ferns; Nectaries; Plant protection; Polypodiaceae; Polypodium plebeium; Pteridophytes

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; FERN; MYRMECOPHYTE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHLEBODIUM PSEUDOAUREUM; POLYPODIUM FURFURACEUM; POLYPODIUM LEPIDOTRICHUM; POLYPODIUM PLEBEIUM; POLYPODIUM PLESIOSORUM;

EID: 0032229285     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446544     Document Type: Article

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