Cheating the cheater: Domatia loss minimizes the effects of ant castration in an Amazonian ant-plant

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 200-205

  Izzo, Thiago J ^a   Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allomerus; Herbivory; Hirtella; Mutualism; Myrmecophytes

Indexed keywords

ANT; HERBIVORE; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

BRAZIL;

ALLOMERUS; ALLOMERUS OCTOARTICULATUS; ANIMALIA; CHRYSOBALANACEAE; FORMICIDAE; HIRTELLA; INSECTA; MYRMECOPHILA;

EID: 0036931896     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1027-0     Document Type: Article

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