The Ecological Effects of Ant-Aphid Mutualism on Plants at a Large Spatial Scale

The protective ant-plant interaction has been considered as a model system in studying mutualistic interactions, but we know little about the ecological effects of the mutualism at relatively larger spatial scales. In this study, by excluding an aphid-tending ant species (Lasius fuliginosus) from al...

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Main Authors: Shuang Zhang, Yuxin Zhang, Keming Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2013-11-01
Series:Sociobiology
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Online Access:https://www.periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/175
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