Mechanisms driving the specificity of a myrmecophyte-ant association

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-97

  Grangier, Julien ^a   Dejean, Alain ^b   MalÉ, Pierre Jean G ^a   Solano, Pascal Jean ^b   Orivel, Jérôme ^a  

^a École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^b Campus Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Allomerus decemarticulatus; Exclusion filters; Hirtella physophora; Horizontal transmission; Host recognition; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HOST LOCATION; HOST SPECIFICITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; TRICHOME;

ALLOMERUS DECEMARTICULATUS; HIRTELLA PHYSOPHORA;

EID: 65249101640     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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