Azteca ants as antiherbivore agents of Tococa formicaria (Melastomataceae) in Brazilian Cerrado

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-149

  Bizerril, Marcelo X A ^a   Vieira, Emerson M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant plant mutualism; Azteca; Cerrado; Domatia; Herbivory; Myrmecophyte; Tococa

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AZTECA; CAMPONOTUS; DOLICHODERUS; DOLICHODERUS DIVERSUS; DOLICHODERUS LUTOSUS; FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA; LEPTOTHORAX; LINEPITHEMA; MELASTOMATACEAE; OLIGOMYRMEX; TOCOCA;

EID: 0036688481     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/snfe.37.2.145.8585     Document Type: Article

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