Ants defend aphids against lethal disease

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-208

  Nielsen, Charlotte ^a,c   Agrawal, Anurag A ^a,b   Hajek, Ann E ^a  

^a Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ant aphid interactions; Behaviour; Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca); Entomopathogenic fungi; Mutualism; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; APHID; COLONY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGAL DISEASE; HONEYDEW; MUTUALISM; PATHOTYPE; SHELTER; SOCIAL INSECT;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICA PODZOLICA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PANDORA NEOAPHIDIS;

EID: 77951431708     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0743     Document Type: Article

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