Protection from herbivores varies among ant genera for the myrmecophilic plant Leea aculeata in Malaysian Borneo
Some plants use food bodies to attract ants that then provide protection from herbivory. A brief report from 1898 describes the myrmecophilic plant Leea aculeata Bl. as bearing food bodies on its young shoots, which accumulate when they are not harvested by ants. However, ant efficacy in deterring h...
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Main Authors: | Burger, Hannah F., Vondráčková, Kamila, Skłodowski, Mateusz, Koid, Qian-Qun (UMS), Dent, Daisy H., Wallace, Kevin, Fayle, Tom M. |
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Language: | English English |
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Penerbit UMS
2021
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Online Access: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29932/1/Protection%20from%20herbivores%20varies%20among%20ant%20genera%20for%20the%20myrmecophilic%20plant%20Leea%20aculeata%20in%20Malaysian%20Borneo%20ABSTRACT.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29932/2/Protection%20from%20herbivores%20varies%20among%20ant%20genera%20for%20the%20myrmecophilic%20plant%20Leea%20aculeata%20in%20Malaysian%20Borneo_FULL%20TEXT.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29932/ http://www.asian-myrmecology.org/publications//am14/burger-et-al2021-am014002.pdf https://doi.org/10.20362/am.014002 |
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