Re: ants and cps

Charlotte Vandaveer (vandavee@chuma.cas.usf.edu)
Tue, 21 Mar 1995 21:51:36 -0500 (EST)

There is a great book out about ant/plant relationships including
Nepenthes called The Ants by Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilson. It
was Wilson you saw on the Nova special. He has written several wonderful
books on natural science and ecology.
Chelsie

On Fri, 17 Mar 1995, C. Ossian wrote:

> >Last night I saw a fascinating Nova special (Public Broadcasting System) on
> >Ants and their relationship with nature, especially plants.
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> >I wonder if certain ants have symbiotic relationships with specific CPs.
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> Hardly symbiosis...but you might find my article on Nepenthes EATING ants
> who were lured from their normal feeding activities on other
> plants...published in Orchid Digest, vol. 54, number 4, pages182-184
> (Oct-Nov-Dec, 1990)
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> regards,
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> clastic@metronet.com
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