Competition among visitors to extrafloral nectaries as a source of ecological costs of an indirect defence

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-208

  Heil, Martin ^a,b   Hilpert, Andrea ^a   Krüger, Ralf ^a   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ant plant; Ants; Extrafloral nectar; Induced defence; Macaranga tanarius; Malaysia; Myrmecophily; South East Asia

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MYRMECOPHILY; NECTAR;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; MACARANGA; MACARANGA TANARIUS; MICROPEZIDAE; MIMEGRALLA;

EID: 1942478546     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646740300110X     Document Type: Article

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