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Context-dependent benefits from ant-plant mutualism in three sympatric varieties of Chamaecrista desvauxii

Journal

JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
Volume 100, Issue 1, Pages 242-252

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01892.x

Keywords

ant-plant interactions; Brazil; cerrado; exclusion experiment; extrafloral nectaries; indirect defences; Leguminosae; plant-herbivore interactions; reproductive success; sympatric varieties

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  1. Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center

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1. Mutualistic interactions are characterized by conditional outcomes that depend on both the biotic and the abiotic context. However, limited information is available on the factors that affect the strength of antplant interactions among sympatric congeneric species.

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