The intertwined population biology of two Amazonian myrmecophytes and their symbiotic ants

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1595-1607

  Frederickson, Megan E ^a,b   Gordon, Deborah M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Cordia nodosa; Demography; Domatia; Duroia hirsuta; Modularity; Mutualism; Myrmecophytes; Peru; Population dynamics; Positive feedback; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; DICOTYLEDON; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BORAGINACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RUBIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BORAGINACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RUBIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

ALLOMERUS OCTOARTICULATUS; AZTECA; CORDIA; CORDIA NODOSA; DUROIA HIRSUTA; FORMICIDAE; MYRMELACHISTA SCHUMANNI;

EID: 67449143466     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0010.1     Document Type: Article

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