Influence of biotic, chemical and mechanical plant defenses on the foraging pattern of the leaf-cutter ant (Acromyrmex striatus) in a subtropical forest
The diet of the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex striatus was used as indirect evidence for potential antiherbivore activity by the nectivorous ant Camponotus blandus and by chemical and mechanical plant defenses. Data on ant activity, plant abundance, and foliar material for analyses of chemical and mec...
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Language: | English |
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Asociación Argentina de Ecología
1994-06-01
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Series: | Ecología Austral |
Online Access: | https://ojs.ecologiaaustral.com.ar/index.php/Ecologia_Austral/article/view/1694 |