Change in biomass of symbiotic ants throughout the ontogeny of a myrmecophyte, Macaranga beccariana (Euphorbiaceae)

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-79

  Handa, Chihiro ^a   Okubo, Tadahiro ^a   Yoneyama, Aogu ^b   Nakamura, Masashi ^c   Sakaguchi, Mari ^c   Takahashi, Narumi ^c   Okamoto, Mayumi ^c   Tanaka Oda, Ayumi ^d   Kenzo, Tanaka ^e   Ichie, Tomoaki ^c   Itioka, Takao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Biotic defense; Mutualism; Ontogenetic change; Resource allocation; South East Asian tropics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BORNEO; ECOSYSTEM; EUPHORBIACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOMASS; BORNEO; ECOSYSTEM; EUPHORBIACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EUPHORBIACEAE; FORMICIDAE; MACARANGA; MACARANGA BECCARIANA;

EID: 84871654671     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-012-0500-z     Document Type: Article

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