Co-existence of ants and an arboreal earthworm in a myrmecophyte of the Indian Western Ghats: Anti-predation effect of the earthworm mucus

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-344

  Gaume, Laurence ^a,b   Shenoy, Megha ^a   Zacharias, Merry ^a   Borges, Renee M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UMR AMAP   (France)

Author keywords

Ant plant; Anti predation mechanism; Domatia; Humboldtia; India; Perionyx; Repellent secretion; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; COEXISTENCE; EARTHWORM; MUCUS; MYRMECOPHYTE; PREDATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

FORMICIDAE; HUMBOLDTIA; PERIONYX; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 33645879812     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405003111     Document Type: Article

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