Ants monopolise plant resources by shelter-construction
In Ecuadorean Amazonas, Crematogaster ants (Myrmicinae) were observed to construct shelters of debris and plant trichomes covering and hiding extrafloral nectaries of Passiflora auriculata vines. This is seen as an advanced way of excluding competing ants from a food source.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
2001
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672001000100155 |
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