Myrmecophilic food body production in the understorey tree, Ryparosa kurrangii (Achariaceae), a rare Australian rainforest taxon

New Phytologist

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 250-263

  Webber, Bruce L ^a,b   Abaloz, Bruce A ^a   Woodrow, Ian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achariaceae; Carbohydrate; Food body; Lipid; Myrmecophily; Plant ant interaction; Ryparosa; Understorey tree

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CARBOHYDRATE; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LIPID; MYRMECOPHILY; PLANT PRODUCT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SYMBIOSIS; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SYMBIOSIS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACHARIACEAE; FORMICIDAE; RYPAROSA;

EID: 33845645376     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01916.x     Document Type: Article

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