Induced responses to herbivory in the neotropical ant-plant association between Azteca ants and Cecropia trees: Response of ants to potential inducing cues

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-54

  Agrawal, Anurag A ^a   Dubin Thaler, Benjamin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Induced resistance; Mutualism; Myrmecophyte; Plant cues

Indexed keywords

ANT; HERBIVORY; INDUCED RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032898528     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050538     Document Type: Article

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