Ant-mediated dispersal of the black willow aphid Pterocomma salicis L.; does the ant Lasius niger L. judge aphid-host quality?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 238-241

  Collins, C Matilda ^a   Leather, Simon R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; APHID; DISPERSAL; HOST QUALITY;

APHIDIDAE; CAPPARIS CYNOPHALLOPHORA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS; LASIUS NIGER; PTEROCOMMA; SALIX; SALIX NIGRA;

EID: 0036222211     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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