An Herbivore’s Thermal Tolerance is Higher Than That of the Ant Defenders in a Desert Protection Mutualism

In North American deserts, many species of cactus attract ants to their extrafloral nectaries; the ants actively defend the food source, and hence the plant, against herbivores. In thermally extreme environments, however, networks of positive and negative interactions like these are likely to be sen...

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Published in:	Sociobiology
Main Authors:	Ginny Fitzpatrick, Goggy Davidowitz, Judith L Bronstein
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2013-11-01
Subjects:	thermal ecology herbivory ant-plant interaction Narnia temperature
Online Access:	https://www.periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/192