Reduced chemical defence in ant-plants? A critical re-evaluation of a widely accepted hypothesis

Oikos

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 457-468

  Heil, Martin ^a,b   Delsinne, Thibaut ^a   Hilpert, Andrea ^b   Schürkens, Steffen ^b   Andary, Claude ^a   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^b   Sousa S , Mario ^c   McKey, Doyle ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

ACACIA; ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; LEONARDOXA; LEUCAENA; MACARANGA; MIMOSA; MIMOSOIDEAE; PROSOPIS;

EID: 0036949753     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.11954.x     Document Type: Article

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