Soil surface searching and transport of Euphorbia characias seeds by ants

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-46

  Espadaler, X ^a   Gomez, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ants; Elaiosome; Euphorbia; Myrmecochory; Predation; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

APHAENOGASTER SENILIS; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA CHARACIAS; FORMICIDAE; MESSOR BARBARUS; PHEIDOLE PALLIDULA; TAPINOMA NIGERRIMUM; EUPHORBIACEAE; HYMENOPTERA;

ELAIOSOME; MYRMECOCHORY; SEARCHING BEHAVIOUR; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

EID: 0030616753     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(97)80079-3     Document Type: Article

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