Spatiotemporal patterns in indirect defence of a South-East Asian ant-plant support the optimal defence hypothesis

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 573-580

  Heil, Martin ^a,b   Feil, Daniel ^a   Hilpert, Andrea ^a   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ant plant interaction; Anti herbivore defence; Crematogaster; Macaranga bancana; Macaranga triloba; Mutualism; Myrmecophytism

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; PLANT DEFENSE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA; MACARANGA; MACARANGA BANCANA; MACARANGA TRILOBA;

EID: 4344607854     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467404001567     Document Type: Article

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