A plant needs ants like a dog needs fleas: Myrmelachista schumanni ants gall many tree species to create housing

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 734-740

  Edwards, David P ^a   Frederickson, Megan E ^b,c   Shepard, Glenn H ^d   Yu, Douglas W ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Galls; Mutualism; Myrmecophytes; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

ANT; GALL; GALL INSECT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARASITISM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RAINFOREST;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT TUMOR; SYMBIOSIS; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PLANT TUMORS; SYMBIOSIS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AMAZONIA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FORMICIDAE; MYRMELACHISTA SCHUMANNI; PICEA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 72449133920     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/606022     Document Type: Article

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