Azteca instabilis ants and the defence of a coffee shade tree: An ant-plant association without mutual rewards in Chiapas, Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-346

  Gonthier, David J ^a   Pardee, Gabriella L ^a   Philpott, Stacy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alticinae; Beetles; Chrysomelidae; Conostegia xalapensis; Tri trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; BEETLE; COEVOLUTION; COFFEE; HERBIVORE; HONEYDEW; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; NECTARY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ALTICINI; AZTECA INSTABILIS; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONOSTEGIA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77952477825     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409990666     Document Type: Article

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