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Ant-herbivore interactions in an extrafloral nectaried plant: are ants good plant guards against curculionid beetles?
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- 1. Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil; & Previously at the Fachbereich Biologie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany;
- 2. Programa de Pós Graduação em Entomologia, FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- 3. Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
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Alves-Silva, Estevão, Bächtold, Alexandra, Barônio, Gudryan Jackson, Torezan-Silingardi, Helena Maura, Del-Claro, Kleber (2014): Ant-herbivore interactions in an extrafloral nectaried plant: are ants good plant guards against curculionid beetles? Journal of Natural History 49 (13): 841-851, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.954020
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