Dynamics of the association between a long-lived understory myrmecophyte and its specific associated ants

Archive ouverte | Orivel, Jérôme | CCSD

International audience. Myrmecophytic symbioses are widespread in tropical ecosystems and their diversity makes them useful tools for understanding the origin and evolution of mutualisms. Obligate ant-plants, or myr...

Predation and aggressiveness in host plant protection: a generalization using ants from the genus Azteca

Archive ouverte | Dejean, Alain | CCSD

In studying the ant genus Azteca, a Neotropical group of arboreal species, we aimed to determine the extent to which the ants use predation and/or aggressiveness to protect their host plants from defoliating insects. We compared a...

Nest site selection and induced response in a dominant arboreal ant species.

Archive ouverte | Dejean, Alain | CCSD