Interactions of the ant Crematogaster scutellaris with the fig/fig wasp mutualism

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 359-368

  Schatz, Bertrand ^a   Hossaert McKey, Martine ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Ant community; Complex interactions; Ficus; Mutualism; Predatory behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; POLLINATION; WASP;

AGAONIDAE; CARICA; CARICA PAPAYA; CREMATOGASTER SCUTELLARIS; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS CARICA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PHEIDOLE; PHEIDOLE PALLIDULA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0038009395     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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