Parasite-induced fruit mimicry in a tropical canopy ant

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 536-544

  Yanoviak, S P ^a,f   Kaspari, M ^b,c   Dudley, R ^c,d   Poinar Jr , G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cephalotes; Color; Frugivory; Interaction; Myrmeconema; Nematode; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

ANT; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FRUGIVORY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MIMICRY; NEMATODE; PARASITISM; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENOPLIDA; FRUIT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PANAMA; PARASITOLOGY; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENOPLIDA; FRUIT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PANAMA; PERU; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CEPHALOTES; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 40949104046     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/528968     Document Type: Article

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