Protective function of the plant-ant Cladomyrma maschwitzi to its host, Crypteronia griffithii, and the dissolution of the mutualism (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-129

  Moog, Joachim ^a   Drude, Thomas ^a   Maschwitz, Ulrich ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ant plant; Cladomyrma; Crypteronia; Herbivory; Mutualism; Rainforest; SE asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039390300     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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