Intraspecific variation in the status of ant symbiosis on a myrmecophyte, Macaranga bancana, between primary and secondary forests in Borneo

Population Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-226

  Murase, Kaori ^a   Itioka, Takao ^a   Nomura, Masahiro ^b   Yamane, Seiki ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Anti herbivore defenses; Light conditions; Mutualism; Southeast Asia; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIGHT; RAINFOREST; SYMBIOSIS;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACARANGA; MACARANGA BANCANA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 1342311387     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-003-0158-4     Document Type: Article

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