A novel mutualism between an ant-plant and its resident pollinator

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-65

  Shenoy, Megha ^a   Borges, Renee M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Braunsapis puangensis; Domatia; Humboldtia brunonis; Myrmecophyte; Symbiosis; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

BEE; BREEDING SITE; HOST PLANT; LEGUME; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHILY; MYRMECOPHYTE; POLLINATION;

ANT; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAUNSAPIS PUANGENSIS; CROSS POLLINATION; HUMBOLDTIA BRUNONIS; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FABACEAE; FLOWERS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MUTATION; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SYMBIOSIS; TREES;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

APOIDEA; BRAUNSAPIS PUANGENSIS; FABACEAE; FORMICIDAE; HUMBOLDTIA BRUNONIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 36648999321     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0289-0     Document Type: Article

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