Camponotus (Colobopsis) (Mayr 1861) and Macaranga (Thouars 1806): A specific two-partner ant-plant system from Malaysia

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-94

  Federle, W ^a   Fiala, B ^a   Maschwitz, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ant plant system; Camponotus (Colobopsis); Macaranga puncticulata; Malaysia; Myrmecophyte; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032359426     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1998.10539354     Document Type: Article

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