Do tenants always pay their rent? the asian ant-plant pometia pinnata (sapindaceae) and its leaf domatia provide free access to generalist ants
The tree Pometia pinnata Forst. forma glabra (Bl.) Jacobs is an ant-plant that provides lodging (leaf domatia) and food (extrafloral nectar, excretions of coccids) for ants. The leaf domatia are formed by two pairs of strongly modified basal leaflets. In total, 63 ant species from 18 genera and 4 su...
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2009
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