英文论文摘要：关于蚂蚁和宿主植物 | 小飞侠 | Title: Honeydew flicking by treehoppers provides cues to potential tending ants
Authors: DEL-CLARO, KLEBER; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.
Abstract (English):
The honeydew-producing treehopper,Guayaquila xiphias, is frequently tended by ants on shrubs of Didymopanax vinosumin the Brazilian savannah. Field experiments showed that the flicking of accumulated honeydew by untended treehoppers provides cues to ground-dwelling ants. Upon finding scattered honeydew droplets on the ground, the ants climb onto the host plant and start tending activity. Honeydew-soaked filter papers placed beneath unoccupied host plants induced significantly more ants to climb onto the plant than water-soaked papers. Because predation and parasitism onG.xiphiascan be severe at early stages, and tending ants protect the homopterans against predators and parasitoids, the capacity to attract ants early in life can be crucial for treehopper survival.
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Language of Publication: English
Item Identifiers: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0108 S0003-3472(96)90108-6
Publication Type: Article
ISSN: 0003-3472
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