An Herbivore’s Thermal Tolerance is Higher Than That of the Ant Defenders in a Desert Protection Mutualism
In North American deserts, many species of cactus attract ants to their extrafloral nectaries; the ants actively defend the food source, and hence the plant, against herbivores. In thermally extreme environments, however, networks of positive and negative interactions like these are likely to be sen...
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Auteurs principaux: | Ginny Fitzpatrick, Goggy Davidowitz, Judith L Bronstein |
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Langue: | EN |
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Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
2013
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