Differential host use in two highly specialized ant-plant associations: Evidence from stable isotopes

Oecologia

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-82

  Trimble, S T ^a,b   Sagers, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Azteca; Cecropia; Conditional mutualism; Costa Rica; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; ELEVATION; HOST USE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MYRMECOPHYTE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CECROPIA; COSTA RICA; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CECROPIA PLANT; COSTA RICA; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

ANIMALIA; AZTECA; AZTECA ALFARI; AZTECA CONSTRUCTOR; CECROPIA; CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 0842310347     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1406-1     Document Type: Article

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