Context-dependent benefits from ant-plant mutualism in three sympatric varieties of Chamaecrista desvauxii

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 242-252

  Baker Méio, Beatriz ^a,b   Marquis, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Brazil; Cerrado; Exclusion experiment; Extrafloral nectaries; Indirect defences; Leguminosae; Plant herbivore interactions; Reproductive success; Sympatric varieties

Indexed keywords

ANT; CERRADO; LEGUME; MUTUALISM; NECTAR; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PREDATION; SEED SET; SYMPATRY;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; UBERLANDIA;

EID: 83455210946     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01892.x     Document Type: Article

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