Behavioral mechanisms underlying ants' density-dependent deterrence of aphid-eating predators

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1030-1036

  Harmon, Jason P ^a,b   Andow, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIFEEDANT; APHID; BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MUTUALISM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; SOCIAL INSECT;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS FABAE; COCCINELLIDAE; FORMICIDAE; LASIUS NEONIGER;

EID: 34248328270     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.15578.x     Document Type: Article

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