The alternation of mutualistic ant species affects the population growth of their trophobiont mealybug

Ecography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-177

  Itioka, Takao ^a   Inoue, Tamiji ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MUTUALISM; POPULATION GROWTH;

FORMICIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS NIGER; PRISTOMYRMEX PUNGENS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCUS CITRICULUS;

EID: 0032913812     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb00465.x     Document Type: Article

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