ANT PLANT SYMBIOSES - STALKING THE CHUYACHAQUI

被引：74

作者：

DAVIDSON, DW ^{[1
]}

MCKEY, D ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV MIAMI,DEPT BIOL,CORAL GABLES,FL 33124

来源：

TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION | 1993年 / 8卷 / 09期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1016/0169-5347(93)90240-P

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

According to Quechua-speaking peoples, orchard-like stands ('Supay Chacras') of two Amazonian ant-plant species are cultivated by the devil, or 'Chuyachaqui'. These 'devil gardens' offer extreme examples of specializations that have evolved repeatedly in ant-plant associations. Numerous investigations are beginning to disclose the identity of the Chuyachaqui - the forces behind evolutionary specialization in ant-plant symbioses. These developments have important implications for our understanding of modes of coevolution in symbiotic mutualism, remarkable convergent similarities in the form of ant-plant symbioses on different continents, and pronounced intercontinental differences in the diversity and taxonomic composition of associates.

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页码：326 / 332

页数：7

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