Ants mediate the structure of phytotelm communities in an ant-garden bromeliad

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1549-1556

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Campus Agronomique   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aechmea mertensii; Ant gardens; Biodiversity; Bromeliads; Camponotus femoratus; Crematogaster levior; French Guiana; Macroinvertebrates; Mutualism; Pachycondyla goeldii; Phytotelmata; Secondary forest; Sinnamary; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANT; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPIPHYTE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MONOCOTYLEDON; MUTUALISM; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; RAINFOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BROMELIACEAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BROMELIACEAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

FRENCH GUIANA;

AECHMEA MERTENSII; ANIMALIA; BROMELIACEAE; CAMPONOTUS FEMORATUS; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PACHYCONDYLA GOELDII;

EID: 77951807350     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1534.1     Document Type: Article

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