Flexibility in the composition and concentration of amino acids in honeydew of the drepanosiphid aphid Tuberculatus quercicola

By I. Yao, S. Akimoto. 2002

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Liquid-feeding performances of ants (Formicidae): ecological and evolutionary implications (2004, background): “In contrast, to maintain the constant attention of ants, trophobionts produce a steady, regulated flow of honeydew (Tjallingii 1995; Yao and Akimoto 2002) and are actively herded and defended in large worker aggregations (e.g., Maschwitz and Haenel 1985).”
Filling key gaps in population and community ecology (2007, background): “Similar feedbacks are also likely to occur between positively interacting species, such as ants and aphids, or ants and lycaenid cater-pillars, which dynamically adjust their investment in mutualistic interactions (Axen and Pierce 1998; Yao and Akimoto 2002).”
Nutritional and functional biology of exudate‐feeding ants (2006, background): “However, they are well suited to feeding on gradually produced honeydews (Tjallingii, 1995; Yao & Akimoto, 2002) and, with nestmates nearby to assist them, can cooperate in driving leaf-foraging formicines from rich resources within their relatively confined feeding areas (Davidson & Cook, in…”