Lack of ant attendance may induce compensatory plant growth

Oikos

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 170-178

  Offenberg, Joachim ^a   Nielsen, Mogens Gissel ^a   Macintosh, Donald J ^a   Havanon, Sopon ^b   Aksornkoae, Sanit ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Royal Forest Department of Thailand   (Thailand)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMPENSATION; HERBIVORY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

ARTHROPODA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; FORMICIDAE; GEOMETRIDAE; OECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 26444508487     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13604.x     Document Type: Article

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