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ant-plant mutualism: a standalone construct

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Insect ecology

a mutualism in which plants provide ants with housing and food while the ants defend the plant against herbivores and competing plants.

In insect ecology, ant-plant mutualism refers to a mutualism in which plants provide ants with housing and food while the ants defend the plant against herbivores and competing plants. This meaning comes from Janzen (1966) in Evolution.[1]

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mutualism3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs plant1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Janzen, D. H. (1966). Coevolution of Mutualism Between Ants and Acacias in Central America. Evolution, 20(3), 249. https://doi.org/10.2307/2406628

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