Indirect effects of a fungal entomopathogen, Lecanicillium lecanii (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae), on a coffee agroecosystem ant community

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 658-667

  MacDonald, A J ^a   Jackson, D ^b   Zemenick, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Azteca instabilis; Disturbance; Fungal epizootic; Lecanicillium lecanii; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COFFEE; DISTURBANCE; ENTOMOLOGY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUTUALISM;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOTA; COFFEE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; HYPOCREALES; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOTA; COFFEE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMIPTERA; HYPOCREALES; MEXICO; POPULATION DENSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84881425893     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN12287     Document Type: Article

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