Invasive ants: Unwanted partners in ant-plant interactions?

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-108

  Lach, Lori ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Aggression; Byproduct mutualism; Carbohydrates; Context dependent outcomes; Extrafloral nectaries; Homoptera; Invasive ants

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 0037283825     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3298529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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