Interspecific variation in the defensive responses of ant mutualists to plant volatiles

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-249

  Bruna, Emilio M ^a,b   Darrigo, Maria Rosa ^b   Pacheco, Angela Midori Furuya ^b   Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant plant mutualism; Azteca; Maieta; Melastomataceae; Myrmecophyte; Pheidole minutula; Tococa bullifera

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOASSAY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT EXTRACT; SYMPATRY; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

AZTECA; FORMICIDAE; MAIETA; MAIETA GUIANENSIS; MELASTOMATACEAE; PHEIDOLE MINUTULA; TOCOCA BULLIFERA;

EID: 44649127262     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.00962.x     Document Type: Article

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