Ant nests in tank bromeliads - An example of non-specific interaction

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 313-316

  Blüthgen, Nico ^a,b   Verhaagh, M ^c   Goitia W ^d   Blüthgen, Nils ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Rainforest CRC   (Australia)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^d Universidad Nacional Experimental Simon Rodriuez   (Venezuela)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bromeliaceae; Commensalism; Formicidae; Monte Carlo methods; Randomisation

Indexed keywords

ANT; EPIPHYTE; HOST SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MYRMECOPHYTE;

AMAZONIA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0034537592     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001722     Document Type: Article

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