Evolution of myrmecophytism in western Malesian Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae)

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1542-1559

  Davies, Stuart J ^a,b   Lum, Shawn K Y ^c   Chan, R ^d   Wang, L K ^c,e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant plant; Character evolution; Crematogaster; Euphorbiaceae; Macaranga; Mutualism; Myrmecophyte

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC RELATIONSHIP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; MALAYSIA; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MYRMECOPHYTISM; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT VARIETY; TROPICS;

EVOLUTION; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; PHYLOGENY;

ASIA; MALESIA;

MACARANGA;

EID: 0034789249     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00674.x     Document Type: Article

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