Abstract
Although it is not possible at the present state of our knowledge to discuss in detail the diverse problems of ethology of zoocecidia, we may nevertheless draw attention to some of the more outstanding facts, in so far as they relate to the general ecology of galls. The zoocecidia represent the product of an unique interspecific relation between a plant and another organism, constituting a closely integrated ecologic complex. The zoocecidia, the gall-bearing plant, the cecidozoa and the complex communities of other organisms associated with them make an ecosystem. The general course of the life-history of the gall is thus intimately bound up with the peculiarities of distribution, habits, development, mutual adjustments and other features of the ethology of both the gall-bearing plant and the gall-inducing organism.
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Mani, M.S. (1964). Ethology of Zoocecidia. In: Ecology of Plant Galls. Monographiae Biologicae. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6230-4_10
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