Importance of fertilization of host plants to ant tending and growth rates in Glaucopysche lygdamus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 491-495

  Billick, Ian ^a,b   Brown, Ryan ^a,b   Reithel, Jennifer S ^b  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant tending; Mutualism; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

MUTUALISM; NITROGEN;

FORMICIDAE; GLAUCOPSYCHE LYGDAMUS; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 22944457587     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0491:IOFOHP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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