Relative fitness of aphids: Effects of plant quality and ants

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 216-222

  Stadler, Bernhard ^a   Dixon, A F G ^a   Kindlmann, Pavel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ant attendance; Environmental change; Fitness; Myrmecophily; Tanacetum vulgare; Tansy

Indexed keywords

APHID; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; HOST QUALITY; MYRMECOPHILY;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS FABAE; BRACHYCAUDUS CARDUI; FORMICIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS NIGER; MACROSIPHONIELLA TANACETARIA; METOPEURUM FUSCOVIRIDE; TANACETUM VULGARE;

EID: 0036126784     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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