Influence of its associated ant species on the life history of the myrmecophyte Cordia nodosa in French Guiana

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 701-704

  Dejean, Alain ^a   Quilichini, Angélique ^a   Delabie, Jacques H C ^b   Orivel, Jérôme ^a   Corbara, Bruno ^c   Gibernau, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UPA Laboratorio de Mirmecologia   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Allomerus; Ant plant mutualism; Azteca; Cardia; Myrmecophytes; Plant protection

Indexed keywords

ANT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; MUTUALISM; PLANT;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALLOMERUS; ANIMALIA; AZTECA; CORDIA; CORDIA NODOSA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 7944221686     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646740400183X     Document Type: Article

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