Increased Host Investment in Extrafloral Nectar (EFN) Improves the Efficiency of a Mutualistic Defensive Service

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  González Teuber, Marcia ^a   Silva Bueno, Juan Carlos ^b   Heil, Martin ^b   Boland, Wilhelm ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAFLORAL NECTAR; HERBIVORE; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PSEUDOMYRMEX FERRUGINEUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FLOWERS; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

ACACIA; FORMICIDAE; PSEUDOMYRMEX; PSEUDOMYRMEX FERRUGINEUS;

EID: 84867120344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046598     Document Type: Article

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