Yellow jackets (Vespula vulgaris) as a second seed disperser for the myrmecochorous plant, Trillium ovatum

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 367-369

  Jules, Erik S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; TRILLIUM OVATUM; VANCOUVERIA HEXANDRA; VESPIDAE; VESPULA VULGARIS;

EID: 0000589838     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426720     Document Type: Article

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