Predatory and trophobiont-tending ants respond differently to fig and fig wasp volatiles

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1539-1545

  Ranganathan, Yuvaraj ^a   Borges, Renee M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

ant plant interaction; associative learning; eavesdropping; mutualism; Myrmicaria brunnea; Oecophylla smaragdina; plant volatile; Technomyrmex albipes

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL CUE; DECIDUOUS TREE; MUTUALISM; ODOR; PARASITE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATOR; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASP;

AGAONIDAE; FICUS RACEMOSA; FORMICIDAE; MYRMICARIA BRUNNEA; OECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA; TECHNOMYRMEX ALBIPES;

EID: 67349231973     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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