Distribution of Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries and Ants at Two Elevations in Jamaica

Authors

Kathleen H. Keeler, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

6-1979

Citation

Biotropica (June 1979) 11(2): 152-154.

Comments

Copyright © 1979 John Wiley & Sons, for the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. Used by permission.

Abstract

Frequencies of plants with extrafloral nectaries were determined for two elevations in Jamaica. Extrafloral nectaries were found on 0.28 of the plants at sea level (Happy Grove, Portland) and 0.00 of the plants at 1310 m (Whitfield Hall, St. Thomas). Ant abundance, as indicated by discovery of and recruitment to baits, was greater at the lower elevation site. However, despite the apparent absence of plants with extrafloral nectaries, there were abundant ants at 1310 m.