Community context and specialization influence coevolution between a slavemaking ant and its hosts

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2997-3009

  Brandt, Miriam ^a   Foitzik, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arms race; Coevolution; Community structure; Host alternations; Host parasite interactions; Protomognathus americanus; Red Queen process; Slavemaking ants; Social parasites; Specialization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARMS RACE; COEVOLUTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARASITISM;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOTHORAX; PROTOMOGNATHUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 9244246856     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0778     Document Type: Article

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