Recognition of host plant volatiles by pheidole minutula mayr (myrmicinae), an amazonian ant-plant specialist

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 642-646

  Dáttilo, Wesley F C ^a,b   Izzo, Thiago J ^b,c   Inouye, Brian D ^d   Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^e   Bruna, Emilio M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Chemical cues; Formicidae; Host plant location; Maieta guianensis; Mutualisms; Myrmecophytes

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL CUE; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; HOST PLANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUTUALISM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RECOGNITION; SPECIALIST; SYMPATRY; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

FORMICIDAE; MAIETA; MAIETA GUIANENSIS; MELASTOMATACEAE; MYRMICINAE; PHEIDOLE MINUTULA; TOCOCA; TOCOCA BULLIFERA;

EID: 70249092556     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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