Ant species identity mediates reproductive traits and allocation in an ant-garden bromeliad

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-152

  Leroy, Céline ^a   Corbara, Bruno ^b,c   Pélozuelo, Laurent ^d,e   Carrias, Jean François ^b,c   Dejean, Alain ^a,e   Céréghino, Régis ^d,e  

^a Campus Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

15N; Aechmea mertensii; Bromeliaceae; bromeliad; Camponotus femoratus; floral traits; fruit set; mutualistic ants; Pachycondyla goeldii; reproductive allocation; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRUIT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MONOCOTYLEDON; MUTUALISM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BROMELIACEAE; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; FRENCH GUIANA; FRUIT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BROMELIACEAE; FLOWERS; FRENCH GUIANA; FRUIT; GENETIC SPECIATION; NITROGEN; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS;

AECHMEA MERTENSII; BROMELIACEAE; CAMPONOTUS FEMORATUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PACHYCONDYLA GOELDII;

EID: 84555188916     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr253     Document Type: Article

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