Long-term persistence of a Neotropical ant-plant population in the absence of obligate plant-ants

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2375-2383

  Moraes, Sinara C ^a   Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allomerus ocotoarticulatus; Brazil; Cerrado; Fringe populations; Herbivory; Induced defenses; Myrmecophytes; Obligate mutualisms; Tococa guianensis; Trichomes

Indexed keywords

ANT; CERRADO; DEFOLIATION; EVERGREEN TREE; HERBIVORE; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRICHOME;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALLOMERUS; ALLOMERUS OCTOARTICULATUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; TOCOCA GUIANENSIS;

EID: 69449106652     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1274.1     Document Type: Article

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