Characterization and functional ecology of the extrafloral nectar of Cedrela odorata in contrasting growth environments in central Veracruz, Mexico

Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 695-701

  Chavarro Rodríguez, Nathalia ^a,b   Díaz Castelazo, Cecilia ^a   Rico Gray, Víctor ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LLANOS   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Extrafloral nectar; Foraging ants; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOWER VISITING; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HERBIVORY; NECTAR; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEASONALITY; SECRETION; WATER BUDGET;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

EID: 84885093550     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2012-0289     Document Type: Article

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