Ants on plants: a meta-analysis of the role of ants as plant biotic defenses

Oecologia

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 537-549

  Rosumek, Felix B ^a   Silveira, Fernando A O ^a   De S Neves, Frederico ^a   De U Barbosa, Newton P ^a   Diniz, Livia ^a   Oki, Yumi ^a   Pezzini, Flavia ^a   Fernandes, G Wilson ^a   Cornelissen, Tatiana ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant plant interaction; Ant plant mutualism; Formicidae; Herbivory; Indirect interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; FITNESS; HERBIVORY; META-ANALYSIS; MYRMECOPHYTE; PHYTOMASS; PLANT DEFENSE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CLIMATE; HEMIPTERA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POPULATION DENSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 67349138522     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1309-x     Document Type: Article

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