Tending-Ants Increase Survivorship and Reproductive Success of Calloconophora pugionata Drietch (Hemiptera, Membracidae), a Trophobiont Herbivore of Myrcia obovata O.Berg (Myrtales, Myrtaceae)

The trophic relations between ants and hemipterans are very common in the Neotropical Region, but rarely explored in dry montane ecosystems. Given the diversity of outcomes of this type of interactions influenced by variation in biotic conditions (i.e. seasonality, spatial distribution, identity of...

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Main Authors: Roberth Fagundes, Sérvio Pontes Ribeiro, Kleber Del-Claro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2013-03-01
Series:Sociobiology
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Online Access:https://www.periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/23
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