A fortuitous ant-fern association in the Amazon lowlands of Peru
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Myrmecophyly is best documented among tropical epiphytes, and myrmecotrophy occurs especially among domatia-forming plants. We report the case of <em>Polytaenium cajenense</em> with "external" domatia a...
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Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
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| description | <span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Myrmecophyly is best documented among tropical epiphytes, and myrmecotrophy occurs especially among domatia-forming plants. We report the case of <em>Polytaenium cajenense</em> with "external" domatia and its use by the same symbiont ant as its host <em>Cordia nodosa</em>. This case is interpreted as the result of stochastic events and their relations to pre-existing adaptations of all species involved. </span> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca03c8a36bfb41abb53a111865290e532022-12-21T22:58:11ZengUniversidad Nacional Mayor de San MarcosRevista Peruana de Biología1561-08371727-99332011-05-0117224524710.15381/rpb.v17i2.3534A fortuitous ant-fern association in the Amazon lowlands of PeruBlanca León0Kenneth R. Young11 Department of Geography & the Environment, University of Texas at Austin. 2 Plant Resources Center, University of Texas at Austin. 3 Museo de Historia Natural, UNMSM, Av. Arenales 1256, Lima-14, Peru.Department of Geography & the Environment, University of Texas at Austin.<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Myrmecophyly is best documented among tropical epiphytes, and myrmecotrophy occurs especially among domatia-forming plants. We report the case of <em>Polytaenium cajenense</em> with "external" domatia and its use by the same symbiont ant as its host <em>Cordia nodosa</em>. This case is interpreted as the result of stochastic events and their relations to pre-existing adaptations of all species involved. </span>http://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/35mirmecófitoshelechosPolytaeniumAztecaamazoníaPerú. |
| spellingShingle | Blanca León Kenneth R. Young A fortuitous ant-fern association in the Amazon lowlands of Peru Revista Peruana de Biología mirmecófitos helechos Polytaenium Azteca amazonía Perú. |
| title | A fortuitous ant-fern association in the Amazon lowlands of Peru |
| title_full | A fortuitous ant-fern association in the Amazon lowlands of Peru |
| title_fullStr | A fortuitous ant-fern association in the Amazon lowlands of Peru |
| title_full_unstemmed | A fortuitous ant-fern association in the Amazon lowlands of Peru |
| title_short | A fortuitous ant-fern association in the Amazon lowlands of Peru |
| title_sort | fortuitous ant fern association in the amazon lowlands of peru |
| topic | mirmecófitos helechos Polytaenium Azteca amazonía Perú. |
| url | http://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/35 |
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