Behavioural traits mediating effects of two plant-ants on their specific myrmecophyte host

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-211

  Debout, G ^a   Schatz, B ^a   McKey, D ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Cataulacus mckeyi; Foraging behaviour; Host protection; Petalomyrmex phylax; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST PLANT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION;

CATAULACUS MCKEYI; FORMICIDAE; LEONARDOXA AFRICANA; PETALOMYRMEX; PETALOMYRMEX PHYLAX;

EID: 23944472912     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-004-0795-4     Document Type: Article

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