Bottom-up mediation of an ant-membracid mutualism: Effects from different host plants

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-38

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Bottom up; Conditional outcomes; Host plants; Membracids; Mutualism; Publilia modesta; RMBL

Indexed keywords

ANT; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; HOST PLANT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM;

ARTHROPODA; CHRYSOTHAMNUS VISCIDIFLORUS; FORMICA OBSCURIPES; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MEMBRACIDAE; PUBLILIA MODESTA; WYETHIA;

EID: 33644955451     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-005-3103-5     Document Type: Article

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