| Journal: | Revista peruana de biología |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000339352 |
| ISSN: | 1561-0837 |
| Authors: | León, Blanca1 Young, Kenneth R1 |
| Institutions: | 1University of Texas, Department of Geography and the Environment, Austin, Texas. Estados Unidos de América |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Season: | Ago |
| Volumen: | 17 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 245-247 |
| Country: | Perú |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| Spanish abstract | Mirmecofilia ha sido documentada para epifitas, y mirmecotrofia ocurre especialmente en aquellas con desarrollo de domacios. Se reporta el caso de Polytaenium cajenense con domacio “externo” y su uso por la misma hormiga simbionte que su hospedero Cordia nodosa. Este caso se interpreta como el resultado de eventos e interacciones aleatorias entre todas las especies involucradas con adaptaciones pre-existentes |
| English abstract | Myrmecophyly is best documented among tropical epiphytes, and myrmecotrophy occurs especially among domatia-forming plants. We report the case of Polytaenium cajenense with “external” domatia and its use by the same symbiont ant as its host Cordia nodosa. This case is interpreted as the result of stochastic events and their relations to pre-existing adaptations of all species involved |
| Disciplines: | Biología |
| Keyword: | Ecología, Insectos, Helechos, Hormigas, Simbiosis, Mirmecofilia, Polytaenium cajenense, Azteca, Perú |
| Keyword: | Biology, Ecology, Insects, Ferns, Ants, Symbiosis, Myrmecophily, Polytaenium cajenense, Azteca, Peru |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
