The effect of disturbance on an ant-plant mutualism

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 411-420

  Piovia Scott, Jonah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory predation; Conocarpus erectus; Extrafloral nectar; Herbivory; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; HERBIVORY; HURRICANE; MANGROVE; MUTUALISM; NECTAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PREDATION; PREDATOR; SHELTER; SPIDER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; CHEMISTRY; COMBRETACEAE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BAHAMAS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMBRETACEAE; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; CLUBIONIDAE; CONOCARPUS ERECTUS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 79956004464     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1851-6     Document Type: Article

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