A Novel Type of Nutritional Ant–Plant Interaction: Ant Partners of Carnivorous Pitcher Plants Prevent Nutrient Export by Dipteran Pitcher Infauna

Many plants combat herbivore and pathogen attack indirectly by attracting predators of their herbivores. Here we describe a novel type of insect–plant interaction where a carnivorous plant uses such an indirect defence to prevent nutrient loss to kleptoparasites. The ant Camponotus schmitzi is an ob...

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Autores principales: Scharmann, Mathias, Thornham, Daniel G., Grafe, T. Ulmar, Federle, Walter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3661501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23717446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063556

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3661501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23717446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063556

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