Effect of an ant-aphid interaction on the reproductive fitness of Paullinia fuscecens (Sapindaceae)

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 434-440

  Rico Gray, Victor ^a   Castro, Gerardo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAULLINIA FUSCECENS;

EID: 0030427651     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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