Positive Relation Between Abundance of Pericarpial Nectaries and Ant Richness in Tocoyena formosa (Rubiaceae)

Positive Relation Between Abundance of Pericarpial Nectaries and Ant Richness in Tocoyena formosa (Rubiaceae)

Ants can interact with plants in several ways, being one of the most common visitors of extrafloral nectaries (EFNs). However, pericarpial nectars (PNs) may represent to the ant community a similar resource as EFN would do. Here, we investigate how an ant community interacts with PNs by an individua...

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Main Authors: Drielly da Silveira Queiroga, Renan Fernandes Moura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2017-12-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
Individual-based network
EFN
Interaction ecology
Mutualism
PN
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/2107

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