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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |