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Record 1 2011-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Botany
  • Ecology (General)
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

A small structure on certain plants, particularly on the leaves, located in the axils of the primary veins, which forms a shelter for organisms such as insects or fungi.

CONT

Phylogenetic analysis of representative groups of ants in the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae indicates that specialized relationships with domatia-bearing plants have evolved independently at least 12 times within the subfamily ... In most instances the plant provides some kind of intrinsically hollow, or easily excavated, cavity (domatium) in which the ants keep brood and scale insects (Coccoidea). The ants, in turn, protect the host plant from herbivores and (sometimes) from other competing plants.

Key term(s)
  • domatia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Botanique
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Comportement animal
CONT

La coévolution plantes-fourmis. Contre une protection, les plantes fournissent le gîte (domaties : épines, tiges, limbes présentant des cavités) et/ou le couvert (nectar extrafloral; corps nourriciers).

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