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A novel mutualism between an ant-plant and its resident pollinator.

Die Naturwissenschaften - 1 Jan 2008

Shenoy Megha, Borges Renee M

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Pollination systems in which the host plant provides breeding sites for pollinators, invariably within flowers, are usually highly specialized mutualisms. We found that the pollinating bee Braunsapis puangensis breeds within the caulinary domatia of the semi-myrmecophyte Humboldtia brunonis (Fabaceae), an unusual ant-plant that is polymorphic for the presence of domatia and harbours a diverse invertebrate fauna...

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PMID: 17657468
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0289-0

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