Anti-herbivore effects of an ant species, Crematogaster difformis, inhabiting myrmecophytic epiphytes in the canopy of a tropical lowland rainforest in Borneo

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1393-1397

  Tanaka, Hiroshi O ^a   Inui, Yoko ^b   Itioka, Takao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Anti herbivore defenses; Arboreal ants; Forest canopy; Southeast Asian tropics

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; EPIPHYTE; FOREST CANOPY; HOST PLANT; LEAF AREA; MYRMECOPHYTE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CREMATOGASTER DIFFORMIS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LECANOPTERIS; PLATYCERIUM;

EID: 70350362167     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0622-5     Document Type: Article

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