Ants monopolise plant resources by shelter-construction

Acta Amazonica

Louise I. Eskildsen¹  Annika Büchert Lindberg¹  Jens M. Olesen¹ 

关键词: Amazonas;    Crematogaster;    Extrafloral nectaries;    Mutualism;    Passiflora;    Amazonas;    Crematogaster;    Nectários extraflorais;    mutualismo;    Passiflora;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1809-43922001311157

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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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