Tolerating castration by hiding flowers in plain sight

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-102

  Edwards, David P ^a,b   Yu, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolved dependence; Florivory; Myrmecophyte; Plant herbivore interaction; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CASTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; PARASITISM; PEST DAMAGE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TOLERANCE;

ALLOMERUS; ALLOMERUS OCTOARTICULATUS; AZTECA; CORDIA; CORDIA NODOSA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 54049134392     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0639-8     Document Type: Article

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