Hello,
HL> No, in fact I doubt that more than few germans have yet heard about
HL> this work - I for my part definitely have not, and I DO read a lot of
HL> stuff ... could you sum up for us what that is all about in short words?
Here is a copy of the abstract:
In this paper we describe for the first time an extraordinary example
of an interspecific trophobiotic relation between reptiles and
planthoppers in Madagascar. Day gecko species of the genera
Phelsuma and Lygodactylus as well as the nocturnal gecko Homopholis
sakalava (Grandidier, 1867) show a particular behaviour that induces
planthoppers of the family Flatidae to excrete a drop of honeydew in
the course of an interspecific key stimulus reaction. Similar
behaviour patterns are well known between ants and green flies or
planthoppers, but have not been reported for vertebrates.
From:
F�lling, Knogge, and B�hme. 2001, "Geckos are milking
honeydew-producing planthoppers in Madagascar". Journal of Natural
History 35:279-284
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Tony Gamble
University of Minnesota
Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
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