Host plant and ants influence the honeydew sugar composition of aphids

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 544-550

  Fischer, M K ^a   Shingleton, A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ant attendance; Honeydew quality; Melezitose; Mutualism; Sugar preferences

Indexed keywords

ANT; APHID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MUTUALISM; SUGAR;

EID: 0034864950     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-8463.2001.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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