Ant mutualism increases long-term growth and survival of a common amazonian tree

How ecological context shapes mutualistic relationships remains poorly understood. We combined long-term tree census data with ant censuses in a permanent 25-ha Amazonian forest dynamics plot to evaluate the effect of the mutualistic ant Myrmelachista schumanni (Formicinae) on the growth and surviva...

• Hlavní autor: Baez Jacome , V. (author)
• Další autoři: Donoso Vargas, D. (author)
• Médium: article
• Vydáno: 2016
• Témata: Age-structured populations; Ant-plant interactions; Duroia hirsuta; Mutualism; Myrmelachista schumanni; Ontogeny
• On-line přístup: http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/18713