Interaction between ants, extrafloral nectaries and insect herbivores in Neotropical coastal sand dunes: Herbivore deterrence by visiting ants increases fruit set in Opuntia stricta (Cactaceae)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 623-631

  Oliveira, P S ^a   Rico Gray, V ^b   Diaz Castelazo C ^b   Castillo Guevara, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ant foraging schedule; Ant protection; Ant plant mutualism; Cactus; Herbivory; Reproductive output

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; DUNE; HERBIVORE;

OPUNTIA STRICTA;

EID: 0032756951     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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