Ants defend coffee from berry borer colonization

BioControl

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 815-820

  Gonthier, David J ^a   Ennis, Katherine K ^b   Philpott, Stacy M ^b   Vandermeer, John ^a   Perfecto, Ivette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Ant; Ant plant defense; Biodiversity; Coffee; Ecosystem services; Formicidae; Pest control

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; COFFEE; COLONIZATION; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; FORAGE; PEST CONTROL; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84888133032     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-013-9541-z     Document Type: Article

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