Cascading trait-mediated interactions induced by ant pheromones

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2181-2191

  Hsieh, Hsun Yi ^a   Liere, Heidi ^b   Soto, Estelí J ^c   Perfecto, Ivette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alarm signaling; Ant hemipteran mutualism; Coffee agroecosystem; Complex ecological network; Predator avoidance; TMII

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866707359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.322     Document Type: Article

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