Selecting the drought stressed: Effects of plant stress on intraspecific and within-plant herbivory patterns of the leaf-cutting ant Atta colombica

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 973-981

  Meyer, S T ^a   Roces, F ^b   Wirth, R ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abiotic conditions; Food plant selection; Non structural carbohydrates; Plant stress hypothesis; Proline

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANT; CARBOHYDRATE; DROUGHT STRESS; HERBIVORY; HOST SPECIFICITY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEAF; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; WATER CONTENT;

ATTA; ATTA COLUMBICA; FORMICIDAE; PIPER MARGINATUM; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 33750683001     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01178.x     Document Type: Article

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