• DOI:10.1007/BF00320414
Corpus ID: 24475572

Are ant-aphid associations a tritrophic interaction? Oleander aphids and Argentine ants

@article{Bristow2004AreAA,
  title={Are ant-aphid associations a tritrophic interaction? Oleander aphids and Argentine ants},
  author={C. M. Bristow},
  journal={Oecologia},
  year={2004},
  volume={87},
  pages={514-521}
}

C. M. Bristow

Published 2004

Biology, Medicine

Oecologia

SummaryOleander aphids, (Aphis nerii), which are sporadically tended by ants, were used as a moded system to examine whether host plant factors associated with feeding site influenced the formation of ant-aphid associations. Seasonal patterns of host plant utilization and association with attendant ants were examined through bi-weekly censuses of the aphid population feeding on thirty ornamental oleander plands (Nerium oleander) in northern California in 1985 and 1986. Colonies occurred on both… CONTINUE READING

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