Water Stress Strengthens Mutualism Among Ants, Trees, and Scale Insects

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Pringle, Elizabeth G ^a,b   Akçay, Erol ^a,c,d,f   Raab, Ted K ^e   Dirzo, Rodolfo ^a   Gordon, Deborah M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; RAIN; SUGAR;

ANT; ARTICLE; AZTECA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CORDIA; CORDIA ALLIODORA; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEFENSE; PRECIPITATION; SCALE INSECT; SYMBIOSIS; TREE; WATER STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CORDIA; COSTA RICA; DEHYDRATION; HEMIPTERA; HERBIVORY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NICARAGUA; RAIN; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84889045356     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001705     Document Type: Article

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