Whiteflies Provide Honeydew to Camponotus ants Without Receiving Reciprocal Favor

Whiteflies Provide Honeydew to Camponotus ants Without Receiving Reciprocal Favor

The notion that tending ants provide protection to honeydew-producing hemipterans is widely accepted. Nevertheless, there have been debates about whether or not this protection can always disrupt the biological control of hemipterans. Although various hemipteran species interact with tending ants, m...

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Main Authors: Raí Martins de Jesus, Ramon Paes Junior, Gleicy do Carmo, Danilo Mota, Lessando Moreira Gontijo, Marco Antonio Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2016-07-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
tending ants
Camponotus
woolly whitefly
honeydew
citrus
biological control
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/900

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