Experimental evidence of a tripartite mutualism: Bacteria protect ant fungus gardens from specialized parasites

Oikos

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-102

  Currie, C R ^a,b,c   Bot, A N M ^d   Boomsma, J J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; MUTUALISM; SYMBIOSIS;

ACROMYRMEX; ACROMYRMEX OCTOSPINOSUS; ACTINOBACTERIA; ATTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCOVOPSIS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038522839     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12036.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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