Effects of the Trophobiont Herbivore Calloconophora pugionata (Hemiptera) on Ant Fauna Associated with Myrcia obovata (Myrtaceae) in a Montane Tropical Forest
Figure 5
Discriminant analysis comparing the experimental groups (for each period of experiment) using ant species composition and relative occurrence. With 75.9% of the variance explained by the first and 8.6% by the second function, periods were discriminated in cases with trophobioses and without trophobioses by the high occurrence of the trophobiont ant species Camponotus rufipes and C. crassus in the first group (Wilk’s ; ; C. crassus: (7;72) = 5.46; ; C. rufipes: (7;72) = 3.31; ; other species did not contribute significantly for the model).
