Do extrafloral nectaries present a defensive role against herbivores in two species of the family Bignoniaceae in a Neotropical savannas?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 289-301

  Nogueira, Anselmo ^a   Guimarães, Elza ^b   Machado, Silvia Rodrigues ^b   Lohmann, Lúcia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant plant interaction; Brazil; Caatinga; Cerrado; Context dependency; Natural selection; Nectar glands

Indexed keywords

ANT; CAATINGA; CERRADO; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; FRUIT PRODUCTION; MUTUALISM; NATURAL SELECTION; NECTAR; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SAVANNA;

BRAZIL;

ANEMOPAEGMA; BIGNONIACEAE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84856237781     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9974-3     Document Type: Article

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