Ant-herbivore interactions: reasons for the absence of benefits to a fern with foliar nectaries

A study tested the hypothesis that ants, attracted to the foliar nectaries of bracken fern (Pterdium aquilinum), confer protection to the plant in south Africa.

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Published in:Ecology (Durham) 1992-12, Vol.73 (6), p.2167-2174
Main Authors: Rashbrook, V.K. (Stanford University, Stanford, CA), Compton, S.G, Lawton, J.H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AFRIQUE DU SUD
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Biological and medical sciences
CREMATOGASTER
CREMATOGASTER PERINGUEYI
Demecology
DEPREDACION
DEPREDADORES
FEUILLE
Flowers & plants
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
HOJAS
HOMOPTERA
INSECTE NUISIBLE
INSECTOS DANINOS
Insects
Invertebrates
LEAVES
LEPIDOPTERA
MUTUALISM
NECTAIRE
NECTARIES
NECTARIOS
PEST INSECTS
PESTS OF PLANTS
PLAGAS DE PLANTAS
PLANT PESTS
Plants and fungi
PREDATEUR
PREDATION
PREDATORS
PREDATORS OF INSECT PESTS
PTERIDIUM
PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM
RAVAGEUR DES PLANTES
SIMBIOSIS
SOUTH AFRICA
SUDAFRICA
SYMBIOSE
SYMBIOSIS
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Summary:A study tested the hypothesis that ants, attracted to the foliar nectaries of bracken fern (Pterdium aquilinum), confer protection to the plant in south Africa.
ISSN:0012-9658
1939-9170
DOI:10.2307/1941464