The effect of wasps and ants on the reproductive success of the extrafloral nectaried plant Turnera ulmifolia (Turneraceae)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 417-423

  Cuautle, M ^a   Rico Gray, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Extrafloral nectar visitors; Multiple interactions; Non additivity; Plant defence; Sand dunes

Indexed keywords

ANT; HERBIVORY; NECTARY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WASP;

MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS ABDOMINALIS; CAMPONOTUS PLANATUS; CREMATOGASTER ABDOMINALIS; CREMATOGASTER BREVISPINOSA; DORYMYRMEX; EUPTOIETA; FORELIUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PHACELIA CONGESTA; POLISTES; POLISTES INSTABILIS; POLYBIA; POLYBIA OCCIDENTALIS; PSEUDOMYRMEX; TURNERA; TURNERA ULMIFOLIA; TURNERACEAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0038419582     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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