Symbiotic mutualism with a community of opportunistic ants: Protection, competition, and ant occupancy of the myrmecophyte Barteria nigritana (Passifloraceae)

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-116

  Djiéto Lordon, Champlain ^a   Dejean, Alain ^b   Gibernau, Marc ^b   Hossaert McKey, Martine ^c   McKey, Doyle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Acraea zetes; Ant plant interactions; Barteria nigritana; Crematogaster sp.; Oecophylla longinoda; Pheidole megacephala; Protection mutualism

Indexed keywords

ANT; HERBIVORY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

AFRICA; GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ACRAEA; FORMICIDAE; MEGACEPHALA; OECOPHYLLA; OECOPHYLLA LONGINODA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; PASSIFLORACEAE; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PHEIDOLE; PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA;

EID: 4644220418     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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