Ants as epiphyte gardeners: comparing the nutrient quality of ant and termite canopy substrates in a Venezuelan lowland rain forest

The poor availability of suitable substrate and nutrients strongly limits the distribution and growth of vascular epiphytes in lowland rain forests (Benzing 1990, Nieder et al. 2000). In some epiphyte species nutrition may be assisted by adventitious roots that grow into animal debris in plant cavit...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of tropical ecology 2001-11, Vol.17 (6), p.887-894
Hauptverfasser:	BLÜTHGEN, NICO, SCHMIT-NEUERBURG, VIVIANE, ENGWALD, STEFAN, BARTHLOTT, WILHELM
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology ant gardens ant-plant interactions Ants Azteca Biological and medical sciences Camponotus femoratus carton nests Crematogaster parabiotica Epiphytes Forest ecology Forest insects Formicidae Fruits Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gardens Gardens & gardening Insect ecology Insect nests Isoptera Nasutitermes Nutrients Nutrition Pheidole biconstricta Plant nutrition Plants Rain Rainforests Short Communication Substrates Surumoni Synecology Termites Terrestrial ecosystems
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