Ant species that protect figs against other ants: Result of territoriality induced by a mutualistic homopteran

Ecoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 446-453

  Dejean, Alain ^a   Bourgoin, Thierry ^b   Gibernau, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAONIDAE; ATOPOMYRMEX; CAMPONOTUS ACVAPIMENSIS; CAMPONOTUS BRUTUS; CREMATOGASTER CLARIVENTRIS; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS VALLIS-CHOUDAE; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HEMIPTERA; HILDA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MYRMICINAE; TETTIGOMETRIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0038145310     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1997.11682422     Document Type: Article

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