Effects of host plant quality and ant tending for treehopper Publilia concava

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 545-552

  Morales, Manuel A ^a   Beal, Angus L H ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Membracidae; Mutualism; Solidago altissima

Indexed keywords

ANT; HOST PLANT; MUTUALISM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; MEMBRACIDAE; PUBLILIA; PUBLILIA CONCAVA; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS VAR. SCABRA;

EID: 33750928368     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[545:EOHPQA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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