Temporal resource switching by ants between honeydew produced by the fivespotted gama grass leafhopper (Dalbulus quinquenotatus) and nectar produced by plants with extrafloral nectaries

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 311-320

  Moya Raygoza, G ^a   Larsen, K J ^a  

^a LUTHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; NECTAR; RESOURCE SELECTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

JALISCO; MEXICO;

ACACIA; ACACIA PENNATULA; ANIMALIA; BRACHYMYRMEX OBSCURIOR; DALBULUS QUINQUENOTATUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEUCAENA ESCULENTA; LOBELIA; LOBELIA LAXIFLORA; LYSILONA; PENNATULA; TRIPSACUM; TRIPSACUM DACTYLOIDES;

EID: 0035207362     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2001)146[0311:TRSBAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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