Conditional outcomes in a neotropical treehopper-ant association: Temporal and species-specific variation in ant protection and homopteran fecundity

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 156-165

  Del Claro, Kleber ^a   Oliveira, Paulo S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ants; Conditional mutualism; Guayaquila xiphias; Species specific effects; Treehopper ant association

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FECUNDITY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; PLANTHOPPER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BRAZIL;

FORMICIDAE; GUAYAQUILA XIPHIAS; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MEMBRACIDAE;

EID: 0033869391     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050002     Document Type: Article

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