Ant-aphid mutualisms: The impact of honeydew production and honeydew sugar composition on ant preferences

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 483-491

  Völkl, Wolfgang ^a   Woodring, Joseph ^a,b   Fischer, Melanie ^a   Lorenz, Matthias W ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphididae; Honeydew; Mutualism Ant attendance; Sugar preferences

Indexed keywords

ANT; APHID; MUTUALISM;

BRACHYCAUDUS CARDUI; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS NIGER; MACROSIPHONIELLA TANACETARIA; METOPEURUM FUSCOVIRIDE;

EID: 0345369487     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050751     Document Type: Article

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