Utilization on extrafloral nectaries and fruit domatia of Canavalia lineata and C. cathartica (Leguminosae) by ants

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Yamashiro, Asuka ^a   Yamashiro, Tadashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canavalia cathartica; Canavalia lineata; Domatia; EFNs; Fruit; Nest; Plant ant interaction

Indexed keywords

ANT; FLORA; FRUIT; HERBIVORE; LARVA; NECTARY; NESTING; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA CATHARTICA; CANAVALIA LINEATA; FABACEAE; FORMICIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 41149127327     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-008-9030-y     Document Type: Article

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