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Disruption of Ant-Aphid Mutualism in Canopy Enhances the Abundance of Beetles on the Forest Floor

Ant-aphid mutualism is known to play a key role in the structure of the arthropod community in the tree canopy, but its possible ecological effects for the forest floor are unknown. We hypothesized that aphids in the canopy can increase the abundance of ants on the forest floor, thus intensifying th...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Shuang, Zhang, Yuxin, Ma, Keming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22558156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035468