Diversity of ant-plant interactions: pro
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Brigitte Fiala; Harald Grunsky; Ulrich Maschwitz; K. Eduard Linsenmair
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Article
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1994
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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The pioneer tree Macaranga in SE Asia has developed manyfold associations with ants. The genus comprises all stages of interaction with ants, from facultative relationships to obligate myrmecophytes. Only myrmecophytic Macaranga offer nesting space for ants and are associated with a specific ant par