Conflict over reproduction in an ant-Plant symbiosis: Why allomerus octoarticulatus ants sterilize cordia nodosa trees

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 675-681

  Frederickson, Megan E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant plant; Castration; Myrmecophyte; Partner fidelity feedback; Reciprocity; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ANT; CASTRATION; COLONIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GROWTH RATE; MUTUALISM; NESTING; PLANT COMMUNITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

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

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; CORDIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORDIA; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 67650249233     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597608     Document Type: Review

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