Test of local adaptation to biotic interactions and soil abiotic conditions in the ant-tended Chamaecrista fasciculata (Fabaceae)

Oecologia

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 315-326

  Abdala Roberts, Luis ^a,b   Marquis, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ant defense; Chamaecrista fasciculata; Herbivory; Local adaptation; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

ANT; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; LEGUME; LOCAL ADAPTATION; REPRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHAMAECRISTA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; CHAMAECRISTA; ECOSYSTEM; ILLINOIS; LINEAR MODELS; MISSOURI; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS;

CHAMAECRISTA; CHAMAECRISTA FASCICULATA; FABACEAE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 35948949063     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0831-y     Document Type: Article

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