Model selection analysis of temporal variation in benefit for an ant-tended treehopper

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 709-719

  Morales, Manuel A ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Context dependency; Density dependence; Functional form; Mutualism; Publilia concave; Treehoppers

Indexed keywords

ANT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INSECT; MUTUALISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; HEMIPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; HEMIPTERA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

FORMICIDAE; MEMBRACIDAE; PUBLILIA; PUBLILIA CONCAVA;

EID: 79955535632     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1154.1     Document Type: Article

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