Fidelity and promiscuity in an ant-plant mutualism : A case study of Triplaris and Pseudomyrmex

The association between the myrmecophyte Triplaris and ants of the genus Pseudomyrmex is an often-reported example of mutualism but no molecular studies have examined this association to date. In this study, the interspecific relationships of Triplaris were reconstructed using five molecular markers...

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Autor Principal: Sanchez, Adriana
Formato: Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: 2015
Materias:
Ant
Acceso en línea:http://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/19016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143535