Experimental study of pollination by ants in Mediterranean high mountain and arid habitats

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 236-242

  Gómez, José M ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a   Hódar, José A ^a   García, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ant pollination; High mountain ecology; Mediterranean habitats; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

ANT; POLLINATION;

MEDITERRANEAN;

ALYSSUM PURPUREUM; ARENARIA TETRAQUETRA; FORMICIDAE; FRANKENIA THYMIFOLIA; GYPSOPHYLA STRUTHIUM; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDIUM SUBULATUM; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA; SEDUM ANGLICUM;

EID: 0029666850     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328552     Document Type: Article

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