Multiple Ant Species Tending Lac Insect Kerria yunnanensis (Hemiptera: Kerriidae) Provide Asymmetric Protection against Parasitoids

This study investigated the effects of ant attendance on the parasitoid community and parasitism of lac insect Kerria yunnanensis aggregations in Yunnan province, China. We manipulated ant attendance to establish three treatments: (1) ant exclusion; (2) low ant attendance by several ant species; and...

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Autores principales: Chen, Youqing, Lu, Zhixing, Li, Qiao, Hoffmann, Benjamin D., Zhang, Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4041774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24887398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098975

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4041774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24887398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098975

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