Herbivores and mutualistic ants interact to modify tree photosynthesis

New Phytologist

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-21

  King, Elizabeth G ^a   Caylor, Kelly K ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia drepanolobium; Allocation; Ant symbiont; Defense; Herbivory; Photosynthesis; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HERBIVORE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUTUALISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SYMBIOSIS; TREE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SYMBIOSIS; TREES;

ACACIA; ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 77954577213     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03286.x     Document Type: Article

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