Characterizing the cauline domatia of two newly discovered ecuadorian ant plants in Piper: An example of convergent evolution

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tepe, Eric J ^a   Kelley, Walter A ^b   Rodriguez Castañeda, Genoveva ^c   Dyer, Lee A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b and Mass Communication   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect plant mutualism; Myrmecophytes; Pearl bodies; Pheidole; Piperaceae

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PHEIDOLE; PHEIDOLE BICORNIS; PIPERACEAE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIPERACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION; PIPER; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 67651091648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.009.2701     Document Type: Article

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