Does rainfall affect temporal variability of ant protection in Passiflora coccinea?

Ecoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 450-453

  Wirth, R ^a   Leal, I R ^a  

^a RPTU in Kaiserslautern   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazon forest; Ant plant interaction; Extrafloral nectaries; French Guiana; Passiflora coccinea; Rainfall; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANT; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; MYRMECOPHYTE; NECTARY; RAINFALL;

FRENCH GUIANA;

COCCOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA; PASSIFLORA COCCINEA;

EID: 0035674168     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2001.11682674     Document Type: Article

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