Are ant feces nutrients for plants? A metabolomics approach to elucidate the nutritional effects on plants hosting weaver ants

Weaver ants (genus Oecophylla ) are tropical carnivorous ant species living in high numbers in the canopies of trees. The ants excrete copious amounts of fecal matter on leaf surfaces, and these feces may provide nutrients to host trees. This hypothesis is supported by studies of ant-plant interacti...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Metabolomics 2015-08, Vol.11 (4), p.1013-1028
Hauptverfasser:	Vidkjær, Nanna H., Wollenweber, Bernd, Gislum, René, Jensen, Karl-Martin V., Fomsgaard, Inge S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biochemistry Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Cell Biology Coffea arabica Developmental Biology Formicidae Life Sciences Molecular Medicine Oecophylla Original Article
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