Ant visitation of extrafloral nectaries of Passiflora: The effects of nectary attributes and ant behavior on patterns in facultative ant-plant mutualisms

Oecologia

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 409-416

  Apple, J L ^a,b   Feener Jr , D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Smithsonian Environmental Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Extrafloral nectaries; Facultative interactions; Mutualism; Passiflora

Indexed keywords

HOST PREFERENCE; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; NECTARY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

EID: 0035033293     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000605     Document Type: Article

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