Population variation in plant traits associated with ant attraction and herbivory in Chamaecrista fasciculata (Fabaceae)

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 577-588

  Rios, Rodrigo S ^a,b   Marquis, Robert J ^a   Flunker, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Chamaecrista fasciculata; Extrafloral nectaries; Nectar volume; Sugar production

Indexed keywords

ANT; DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HERB; HERBIVORY; LEGUME; NECTAR; NECTARY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SUGAR;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHAMAECRISTA; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CHAMAECRISTA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDS; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTHROPODA; CHAMAECRISTA; CHAMAECRISTA FASCICULATA; FABACEAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 43349106648     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1024-z     Document Type: Article

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