Divergent Chemical Cues Elicit Seed Collecting by Ants in an Obligate Multi-Species Mutualism in Lowland Amazonia

In lowland Amazonian rainforests, specific ants collect seeds of several plant species and cultivate them in arboreal carton nests, forming species-specific symbioses called ant-gardens (AGs). In this obligate mutualism, ants depend on the plants for nest stability and the plants depend on ant nests...

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Autores principales: Youngsteadt, Elsa, Guerra Bustios, Patricia, Schal, Coby
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21209898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015822

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21209898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015822

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