Potential sources of nitrogen in an ant-garden tank-bromeliad

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 868-870

  Leroy, Céline ^a   Corbara, Bruno ^b   Dejean, Alain ^a   Céréghino, Régis ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Aechmea mertensii; Camponotus femoratus; Nitrogen; Nitrogen stable isotope; Pachycondyla goeldii; Phytotelmata; Plantinsect interactions

Indexed keywords

AECHMEA MERTENSII; BROMELIACEAE; CAMPONOTUS FEMORATUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PACHYCONDYLA GOELDII;

EID: 70450162571     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.4.9.9423     Document Type: Article

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