Acoustic alarm signalling facilitates predator protection of treehoppers by mutualist ant bodyguards

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1645, 2008, Pages 1935-1941

  Morales, Manuel A ^a   Barone, Jennifer L ^a   Henry, Charles S ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

By product mutualism; Formicidae; Interspecific communication; Membracidae; Substrate borne signals

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANT; BEETLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANT; ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; INTERSPECIFIC COMMUNICATION; LADYBEETLE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; TREEHOPPER;

COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MEMBRACIDAE; PUBLILIA CONCAVA;

EID: 46249086481     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0410     Document Type: Article

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