The relationship between ant-tending and maternal care in the treehopper Publilia modesta

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-46

  Billick, Ian ^a   Weidmann, Megan ^b   Reithel, Jennifer ^a,c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of California ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant tending; Competition; Maternal care; Mutualism; Nonadditivity; Treehopper

Indexed keywords

HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MATERNAL CARE; MUTUALISM; SURVIVORSHIP;

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MEMBRACIDAE; PUBLILIA MODESTA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0035785250     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100405     Document Type: Article

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