C. borneensis (Myrmicinae) lives in dose association with several myrmecophytic species of the South East Asian pioneer tree genus Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae). The ants are adapted to the plants so dosely that they do not survive away from it. The only food they utilize is provided as food bodies by the plant and honeydew from specific scale insects kept inside the hollow internodes. The anatomy of the digestive tract is also adapted to life on the host plant: the crop is very sm all and can store only minute food quantities. C. borneensis exdusively colonizes certain Macaranga species. Queens as weIl as workers are able to recognize their host plant species, probably by chemical cues. Colony founding queens swarm throughout the year, mostly ...
Abstract Obligate mutualistic plant–ants are often constrained by their plant partner's capacity to ...
So me species of the paleotropical tree genus Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) live in elose association wi...
This report elucidates the process of settlement by Coccus scale insects into Crematogaster plant-an...
In the humid tropics of SE Asia there are some 14 myrmecophytic species of the pioneer tree genus Ma...
Myrmecophytism, a type of mutualistic symbiosis, occurs between certain species of Macaranga trees a...
1. Ant–plant mutualisms are among the most widespread and ecologically important insect–plant intera...
1. Ant–plant mutualisms are among the most widespread and ecologically important insect–plant intera...
1. Ant–plant mutualisms are among the most widespread and ecologically important insect–plant intera...
Assoziationen von Ameisen mit Pflanzen (und oft noch mit pflanzensaugenden Insekten als drittem Part...
The taxonomy and natural history of ants of the genus Crematogaster Lund, 1831 (Crematogaster bornee...
glandibracteolata, M. hullettii, M. indistincta, M. petanostyla, M. trachyphylla, M. umbrosa, the no...
The production of extrafloral nectar and food bodies plays an important role in many tropical ant-pl...
The paleotropical tree genus Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) comprises all stages of interaction with ants...
Myrmecophytes are plants that harbor ant colonies in domatia, which are hollows in the plant body. M...
This report elucidates the process of settlement by Coccus scale insects into Crematogaster plant-an...
Abstract Obligate mutualistic plant–ants are often constrained by their plant partner's capacity to ...
So me species of the paleotropical tree genus Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) live in elose association wi...
This report elucidates the process of settlement by Coccus scale insects into Crematogaster plant-an...
In the humid tropics of SE Asia there are some 14 myrmecophytic species of the pioneer tree genus Ma...
Myrmecophytism, a type of mutualistic symbiosis, occurs between certain species of Macaranga trees a...
1. Ant–plant mutualisms are among the most widespread and ecologically important insect–plant intera...
1. Ant–plant mutualisms are among the most widespread and ecologically important insect–plant intera...
1. Ant–plant mutualisms are among the most widespread and ecologically important insect–plant intera...
Assoziationen von Ameisen mit Pflanzen (und oft noch mit pflanzensaugenden Insekten als drittem Part...
The taxonomy and natural history of ants of the genus Crematogaster Lund, 1831 (Crematogaster bornee...
glandibracteolata, M. hullettii, M. indistincta, M. petanostyla, M. trachyphylla, M. umbrosa, the no...
The production of extrafloral nectar and food bodies plays an important role in many tropical ant-pl...
The paleotropical tree genus Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) comprises all stages of interaction with ants...
Myrmecophytes are plants that harbor ant colonies in domatia, which are hollows in the plant body. M...
This report elucidates the process of settlement by Coccus scale insects into Crematogaster plant-an...
Abstract Obligate mutualistic plant–ants are often constrained by their plant partner's capacity to ...
So me species of the paleotropical tree genus Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) live in elose association wi...
This report elucidates the process of settlement by Coccus scale insects into Crematogaster plant-an...