Ants have a negative rather than a positive effect on extrafloral nectaried Crotalaria pallida performance

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-53

  Pereira, Marcela Fernandes ^a   Trigo, José Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Camponotus; Defense; Extrafloral nectary; Fabaceae; Multitrophic interactions; Polybia; Predatory wasp; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ANT; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; HERB; HERBIVORE; LARVA; MOTH; NATURAL ENEMY; NECTAR; OVIPOSITION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; WASP;

EID: 84879741085     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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