The cost of myrmecophytism: Insights from allometry of stem secondary growth

Annals of Botany

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 943-951

  Blatrix, Rumsaïs ^a   Renard, Delphine ^a   Djieto Lordon, Champlain ^b   McKey, Doyle ^a,c  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

allometry; ant plant; caulinary domatia; Leonardoxa africana; mutualism; Ontogenetic trade off; plant defence; resource allocation; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANT; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORE; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; NESTING; ONTOGENY; PLANT DEFENSE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STEM; TRADE-OFF;

FORMICIDAE; LEONARDOXA AFRICANA; LEONARDOXA AFRICANA SUBSP. AFRICANA;

ANIMAL; ANT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FABACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SYMBIOSIS; WOOD;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FABACEAE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SYMBIOSIS; WOOD;

EID: 84866720991     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs164     Document Type: Article

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