Nutrient availability and indirect (biotic) defence in a Malaysian ant-plant

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 404-408

  Heil, Martin ^a,b   Hilpert, Andrea ^a   Fiala, Brigitte ^a   Eduard Linsenmair, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Antiherbivore defence; Macaranga triloba; Mutualism; Myrmecophytism; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ANT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; MACARANGA TRILOBA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0035026247     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000534     Document Type: Article

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