Indirect defense in a highly specific ant-plant mutualism

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 909-916

  Grangier, Julien ^a   Dejean, Alain ^a,b   Malé, Pierre Jean G ^a   Orivel, Jérôme ^a  

^a École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Allomerus decemarticulatus; Hirtella physophora; Indirect defense; Myrmecophytes; Optimal defense theory

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HOST PLANT; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ALLOMERUS DECEMARTICULATUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ANT PLANT MUTUALISM; ARTICLE; FOLIAGE FORAGER; HERBIVORE; HIRTELLA PHYSOPHORA; HYPOTHESIS; INDIRECT DEFENSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT ANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAF; SYMBIOSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CHRYSOBALANACEAE; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POACEAE; SYMBIOSIS; TREES;

ALLOMERUS DECEMARTICULATUS; FORMICIDAE; HIRTELLA PHYSOPHORA;

EID: 53849125011     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0398-4     Document Type: Article

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