The ant, aphaenogaster picea, benefits from plant elaiosomes when insect prey is scarce

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1405-1408

  Clark, Robert E ^a   King, Joshua R ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

ant plant interactions; elaiosome; mutualism; myrmecochory; trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ANT; DIET; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOCHORY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PROTEIN; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; LIPID METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PAPAVERACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; LIPID METABOLISM; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PAPAVERACEAE; SEED DISPERSAL; SYMBIOSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

APHAENOGASTER; APHAENOGASTER PICEA; APHAENOGASTER RUDIS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84871569297     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN12131     Document Type: Article

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