Honeydew as danegeld? Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) tending a honeydew-producing homopteran do not offer protection from its main natural enemies

Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 471-488

  Zachariades, Costas ^a,d   Compton, Stephen G ^b   Schatz, Bertrand ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ant homopteran relationship; Anti predator behaviors; Complex mutualism; Invasive ant species; Pheidole megacephala

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS SUR; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HILDA PATRUELIS; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LYCAENIDAE; PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA;

EID: 70349445143     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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