Stable isotope investigation of a cryptic ant-plant association: Myrmelachista flavocotea (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) and Ocotea spp. (Lauraceae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-72

  McNett, K ^a   Longino, J ^a   Barriga, P ^b   Vargas, O ^c   Phillips, K ^b   Sagers, C L ^b  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Ant plant; Coccoid; La Selva Biological Station; Stable isotope; Trophic level fractionation

Indexed keywords

ANT; BAIT; CARNIVORY; CRYPSIS; EVERGREEN TREE; HERBIVORY; LARVA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SCAVENGER; SOCIAL PARASITISM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNDERSTORY; WORKER CASTE;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA BIOLOGICAL STATION; LIMON;

COCCOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRMELACHISTA; OCOTEA; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 76149136000     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-009-0051-z     Document Type: Article

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