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- Title
THE EFFECTS OF MUTUALISTIC ANTS ON APHID LIFE HISTORY TRAITS.
- Authors
Flatt, Thomas; Weisser, Wolfgang W.
- Abstract
Investigates the effects of ant tending on life history traits of aphids feeding singly on a host plant, in the absence of natural enemies. Life span, maturity and rate of reproduction of ant-tended aphids versus aphids not tended by ants; Correlation of aphid longevity on mean number of ants tending it; Strong dependence of aphid fitness on level of ant tending.
- Subjects
MUTUALISM (Biology); APHIDS; ANT behavior
- Publication
Ecology, 2000, Vol 81, Issue 12, p3522
- ISSN
0012-9658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[3522:TEOMAO]2.0.CO;2