Nutritional Ecology: A First Vegetarian Spider

Nutritional Ecology: A First Vegetarian Spider

Mutualisms are ubiquitous in nature and equally commonplace is their exploitation. A well-known mutualism has been found to be exploited from a surprising source: the first described vegetarian spider dines on trophic structures produced by acacia trees to reward their mutualistic protective ants.

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Veröffentlicht in:Current biology 2009-10, Vol.19 (19), p.R894-R895
1. Verfasser: Jackson, Duncan E.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acacia
Animals
Ants
Araneae
Costa Rica
Fabaceae
Feeding Behavior - physiology
Formicidae
Isotope Labeling
Mexico
Observation
Social Behavior
Spiders - physiology
Symbiosis
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Zusammenfassung:Mutualisms are ubiquitous in nature and equally commonplace is their exploitation. A well-known mutualism has been found to be exploited from a surprising source: the first described vegetarian spider dines on trophic structures produced by acacia trees to reward their mutualistic protective ants.
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2009.08.043