Importance of Fertilization of Host Plants to Ant Tending and Growth Rates in Glaucopysche lygdamus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
- 1 July 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 98 (4) , 491-495
- https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0491:iofohp]2.0.co;2
Abstract
Environmental conditions such as nutrient availability may modify the strength and nature of interactions between mutualists. We examined the extentKeywords
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