Mechanisms driving the specificity of a myrmecophyte-ant association.

Archive ouverte | Grangier, Julien | CCSD

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 of the genus Azteca.

Archive ouverte | Dejean, Alain | CCSD