Effect of post-fire resprouting on leaf fluctuating asymmetry, extrafloral nectar quality, and ant-plant-herbivore interactions

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 525-532

  Alves Silva, Estevão ^a,b   Del Claro, Kleber ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Camponotus crassus; Cerrado; Developmental instability; Extrafloral nectaries; Herbivory; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; NECTAR; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RESPROUTING; SHRUB;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BANISTERIOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; FIRE; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; HISTOLOGY; NECTAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BANISTERIOPSIS; CARBOHYDRATES; FIRES; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT NECTAR;

GEORGIA; SAVANNAH; UNITED STATES;

BANISTERIOPSIS; CAMPONOTUS CRASSUS; FORMICIDAE; MALPIGHIACEAE;

EID: 84879552816     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1048-z     Document Type: Article

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