Squamellaria: plants domesticated by ants

Chomicki G, Thorogood C, Naikatini A, Renner SS
10 October 2019
Journal article
Journal:
Plants, People, Planet
Volume:
1
Issue:
4
,
Wiley
,
pp.
302 - 305

Squamellaria is a genus of epiphytic Rubiaceae which has been domesticated by ants on the Fiji islands. One species is on the verge of extinction.

Keywords:

insect agriculture

,

Squamellaria

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FFR

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ant/plant interactions

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mutualism

,

symbiosis

DOI
10.1002/ppp3.10072
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