A selection mosaic in the facultative mutualism between ants and wild cotton

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1556, 2004, Pages 2481-2488

  Rudgers, Jennifer A ^a,b   Strauss, Sharon Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant plant; Coevolution; Forelius; Geographical mosaic; Gossypium; Indirect defence

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEVOLUTION; COTTON; MUTUALISM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ALGA; ANT; ARTICLE; COEVOLUTION; COTTON; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED PRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; FORELIUS; FORMICIDAE; GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; GOSSYPIUM THURBERI;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; ARIZONA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GOSSYPIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 16644384642     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2900     Document Type: Article

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