Indirect benefits of symbiotic coccoids for an ant-defended myrmecophytic tree

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-46

  Pringle, Elizabeth G ^a   Dirzo, Rodolfo ^a   Gordon, Deborah M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant plant; Area de Conservaci n Guanacaste Costa Rica; Azteca pittieri; Chamela cuixmala biosphere reserve; Coccoidea; Cordia alliodora; Herbivory; Mexico; Multispecies mutualism; Neotropics; Positive feedback; Seasonally dry tropical forests

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; DICOTYLEDON; DRY FOREST; FOLIAGE; HERBIVORE; HONEYDEW; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; CORDIA; ECOSYSTEM; HEMIPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORDIA; ECOSYSTEM; HEMIPTERA; POPULATION DENSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

AZTECA PITTIERI; COCCOIDEA; CORDIA ALLIODORA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 79953878569     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0234.1     Document Type: Article

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