Benefits for plants in ant-plant protective mutualisms: A meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Trager, Matthew D ^a,b   Bhotika, Smriti ^b   Hostetler, Jeffrey A ^b   Andrade, Gilda V ^c   Rodriguez Cabal, Mariano A ^d   Mckeon, C Seabird ^a,b   Osenberg, Craig W ^b   Bolker, Benjamin M ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; ANT; EFFECT SIZE; LIFE HISTORY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT RESPONSE; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FORMICIDAE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 78650992461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014308     Document Type: Review

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