Pioneer plant protection against herbivory: Impact of different ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on a proliferation of the variegated locust

Sociobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 227-236

  Dejean, A ^a   Gibernau, M ^b   Durand, J L ^c   Abehassera, D ^c   Orivel, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Alchornea cordifolia: Euphorbiaceae; Ants; Extrafloral nectaries; Plant protection; Zonocerus variegatus: Orthoptera

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034335896     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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