Gaume, Laurence and Shenoy, Megha and Zacharias, Merry and Borges, Renee M (2006) Co-existence of ants and an arboreal earthworm in a myrmecophyte of the Indian Western Ghats: anti-predation effect of the earthworm mucus. In: Journal Of Tropical Ecology, 22 (3). pp. 341-344.
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Abstract
Arboreal earthworms are scarce in tropical rain forests, being confined to tree trunks or epiphytes (Fragoso & Rojas-Fernandez 1996). Their above-ground presence might be attributed to (1) temporary responses to flooding (Adis & Righi 1989)
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Publication: | Journal Of Tropical Ecology |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to Cambridge University Press. |
Keywords: | anti-predation mechanism;ant-plant;domatia;Humboldtia;India; Perionyx;repellent secretion;tropical forest |
Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences |
Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2008 06:11 |
Last Modified: | 03 Jan 2013 05:29 |
URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/16970 |
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