Induced biotic responses to herbivory and associated cues in the Amazonian ant-plant Maieta poeppigii

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-88

  Christianini, Alexander V ^a   Machado, Glauco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biotic defense; Domatia; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Maieta poeppigii; Melastomataceae; Mutualism; Myrmecophyte; Pheidole minutula

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE MECHANISM; HERBIVORY; INDUCED RESPONSE; MUTUALISM;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; MAIETA POEPPIGII; MELASTOMATACEAE; PHEIDOLE; PHEIDOLE MINUTULA;

EID: 4043150709     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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