The native ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum, improves the survival of an invasive mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis, by defending it from parasitoids

Mutualistic ants can protect their partners from natural enemies in nature. Aenasius bambawalei is an important parasitoid of the the invasive mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis. We hypothesized that mutualism between native ants and mealybugs would favor survival of mealybugs. To test this, we examine...

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Autores principales: Feng, Dong-Dong, Michaud, J.P., Li, Pan, Zhou, Zhong-Shi, Xu, Zai-Fu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4621601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26503138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep15691

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4621601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26503138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep15691

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