Guards and thieves: Antagonistic interactions between two ant species coexisting on the same ant-plant

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 345-352

  Raine, Nigel E ^a,c   Gammans, Nicola ^b,d   Macfadyen, Iain J ^b   Scrivner, Gareth K ^b   Stone, Graham N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acacia mayana; Ant acacia mutualism; Camponotus planatus; Exploitation of trophic rewards; Extrafloral nectar; Opportunist parasite; Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTAGONISM; HOST PLANT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; PARASITISM;

ACACIA; CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS PLANATUS; CROPHIUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PSEUDOMYRMEX; PSEUDOMYRMEX FERRUGINEUS;

EID: 2942530761     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2004.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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