Sterilization and canopy modification of a swollen thorn acacia tree by a plant-ant

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6753, 1999, Pages 578-581

  Stanton, Maureen L ^a,b   Palmer, Todd M ^a,b   Young, Truman P ^a,b   Evans, Amanda ^c   Turner, Monica L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; PARASITISM; SAVANNA; TREE;

ACACIA; ANT; ARTICLE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACACIA; ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0033533842     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/44119     Document Type: Article

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