Morphological characterization of extrafloral nectaries in Brazilian Amazonian plant species

Background and Aims: Extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) are secretory glands of an aqueous solution composed mainly of sugars, amino acids and lipids, frequently used as food resource by ants, which tend to protect their host plants against herbivorous insects. Although the Amazon forest is recognized wor...

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Hoofdauteurs: Nakayama Miranda, Patrícia, Lahoz da Silva Ribeiro, José Eduardo, Aguirre-Jaimes, Armando, Brasil, Izaias, Dáttilo, Wesley
Formaat: Online
Taal:eng
Gepubliceerd in: Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2024
Online toegang:https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/2241

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