Host plant use by competing acacia-ants: Mutualists monopolize while parasites share hosts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Kautz, Stefanie ^a,b   Ballhorn, Daniel J ^a,c   Kroiss, Johannes ^d,e   Pauls, Steffen U ^f,g   Moreau, Corrie S ^b   Eilmus, Sascha ^a   Strohm, Erhard ^d   Heil, Martin ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^h DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMYRMEX FERRUGINEUS; PSEUDOMYRMEX GRACILIS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SYMBIOSIS;

ACACIA; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBIOSIS;

ACACIA; FORMICIDAE; PSEUDOMYRMEX FERRUGINEUS; PSEUDOMYRMEX GRACILIS;

EID: 84861474324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037691     Document Type: Article

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