Should aphids attract or repel ants? Effect of rival aphids and extrafloral nectaries on ant-aphid interactions

Population Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-178

  Sakata, H ^a   Hashimoto, Y ^b  

^a MUSEUM OF NATURE AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competition; Extrafloral nectary; Honeydew; Indirect interactions; Interspecific relationships; Mutualism; Myrmecophily

Indexed keywords

ANT; APHID; COMPETITION; HERBIVORY; MUTUALISM;

APHIS CRACCIVORA; MEGOURA CRASSICAUDA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0034484875     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011996     Document Type: Article

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