Competition hierarchies among ants and predation by birds jointly determine the strength of multi-species ant-aphid mutualisms

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 874-882

  Mooney, Kailen A ^a   Mandal, Kunal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; APHID; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MUTUALISM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

APHIDIDAE; AVES; FORMICA PLANIPILIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 77953100642     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18163.x     Document Type: Article

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