On benefits of indirect defence: Short- and long-term studies of antiherbivore protection via mutualistic ants

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 395-403

  Heil, Martin ^a,c   Fiala, Brigitte ^a   Maschwitz, Ulrich ^b   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Ant plant; Biotic defence; Herbivory; Macaranga; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; MUTUALISM; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; MACARANGA; MACARANGA HOSEI; MACARANGA TANARIUS; MACARANGA TRILOBA;

EID: 0035036405     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000532     Document Type: Article

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