Ant-plant symbioses in Africa and the neotropics : history, biogeography and diversity

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Publication Type Book Chapter
School or College College of Science
Department Biology
Creator Davidson, Diane W.
Other Author McKey, Doyle
Title Ant-plant symbioses in Africa and the neotropics : history, biogeography and diversity
Date 1993
Description Symbiotic ant-plant relationships afford an excellent opportunity to analyze the effects of both historical and ecological factors on the evolution of mutualisms. Occurring in tropical forests throughout the world, all myrmecophytic plants provide food and permanent housing to ants; the ants, in turn, are known or presumed to protect their hosts from herbivores or competition or to provision them with nutrients. Despite this underlying similarity, ant-plant symbioses differ in diversity and nature on different landmasses.
Type Text
Publisher Yale University Press
First Page 568
Last Page 606
Subject Ant-plant symbiosis; Africa; Neotropics; Myrmecophytes; Plant-ants
Subject LCSH Animal-plant relationships; Symbiosis; Biogeography; Ants -- Ecology
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation McKey, D., & Davidson, D. W. (1993). Ant-plant symbioses in Africa and the neotropics : history, biogeography and diversity, in Biological Relationships between Africa and South America, ed. Peter Goldblatt, 568-606.
Rights Management (c)Yale University Press
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