Different-sized oak trees are equally protected by the aphid-tending ants

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 307-314

  Zhang, Shuang ^a   Zhang, Yuxin ^a   Ma, Keming ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ant aphid mutualism; Ant plant interaction; Biotic defense; Herbivory; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ANT; APHID; BIOTIC FACTOR; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FIELD SURVEY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HERBIVORY; MUTUALISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONTOGENY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

APHIDIDAE; FORMICIDAE; LASIUS FULIGINOSUS; QUERCUS WUTAISHANICA;

EID: 84861460585     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-011-9172-1     Document Type: Article

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