Importance of elaiosome size to removal of ant-dispersed seeds

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-101

  Mark, Susanne ^a   Olesen, Jens M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hepatica nobilis; Mutualism; Myrmecochory; Myrmica ruginodis; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANT; ELAIOSOME;

FORMICIDAE; HEPATICA NOBILIS; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICA RUGINODIS; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 0029661210     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00582239     Document Type: Article

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