Do ants feed plants? A 15N labelling study of nitrogen fluxes from ants to plants in the mutualism of Pheidole and Piper

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 126-134

  Fischer, Renate C ^a   Wanek, Wolfgang ^a   Richter, Andreas ^a   Mayer, Veronika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ant plant interaction; Myrmecophytism; Nutrient provisioning; Stable isotope; Trophallaxis

Indexed keywords

ANT; MYRMECOPHILY; NITROGEN; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MYRMICINAE; PHEIDOLE; PHEIDOLE BICORNIS; PIPER FIMBRIULATUM; PIPER OBLIQUUM; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 0037329498     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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