Interactions between extrafloral nectaries, aphids and ants: Are there competition effects between plant and homopteran sugar sources?

Oecologia

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 577-584

  Engel, Volker ^a   Fischer, Melanie K ^a   Wäckers, Felix L ^b   Völkl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Aphis fabae; Mutualistic interactions; Sugar composition; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

ANT; APHID; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; NECTAR; SUGAR;

ACYRTHOSIPHON; ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; APHIS; APHIS FABAE; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS; LASIUS NIGER; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PISUM; VICIA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0035657447     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100765     Document Type: Article

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