Difference in intensity of ant defense among three species of Macaranga myrmecophytes in a southeast asian dipterocarp forest

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 318-326

  Itioka, Takao ^a   Nomura, Masahiro ^a   Inui, Yoko ^b   Itino, Takao ^c   Inoue, Tamiji ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ant plants; Borneo; Crematogaster; Lambir Hills National Park; Malaysia; Mutualism; Myrmecophytism; Plant animal interactions; Sarawak

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION;

MACARANGA; MACARANGA BECCARIANA; MACARANGA TRACHYPHYLLA; MACARANGA WINKLERI;

EID: 0034126530     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00475.x     Document Type: Article

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