Moth larvae-damaged giant leather-fern Acrostichum danaeifolium as host for secondary colonization by ants

American Fern Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 49-55

  Mehltreter, Klaus ^a   Rojas, Patricia ^a   Palacios Rios, Mónica ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSTICHUM; ACROSTICHUM DANAEIFOLIUM; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROLEPIDOPTERA; PTERIDOPHYTA; TAPINOMA; TAPINOMA SESSILE; WASMANNIA; WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA;

EID: 0038046366     PISSN: 00028444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1640/0002-8444(2003)093[0049:MLGLAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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