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honeydew production — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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honeydew production

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

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Knowledge graph centered on honeydew production with 54 nodes and 160 connections. Top connected: Ligusticum porteri, Asteraceae, Lepidoptera, Bacteria, Populus.

Definition

The excretion of sugar-rich liquid waste by herbivorous hemipterans feeding on plant sap

Related Terms (2)

honeydewexcretions

Publications (3)

The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects

2022The Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematicscentral

Does ant usage vary between the plants <i>Ligusticum porteri</i> and <i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i>?

The timing of the ant-effect on nymph size and survivorship in an ant-treehopper mutualism

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