Ants monopolise plant resources by shelter-construction


Autoria(s): ESKILDSEN,Louise I.; LINDBERG,Annika Büchert; OLESEN,Jens M.
Data(s)

01/03/2001

Resumo

In Ecuadorean Amazonas, Crematogaster ants (Myrmicinae) were observed to construct shelters of debris and plant trichomes covering and hiding extrafloral nectaries of Passiflora auriculata vines. This is seen as an advanced way of excluding competing ants from a food source.

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Identificador

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672001000100155

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

Fonte

Acta Amazonica v.31 n.1 2001

Palavras-Chave #Amazonas #Crematogaster #Extrafloral nectaries #Mutualism #Passiflora
Tipo

journal article