Effects of ant species composition on seed removal in deciduous forest in eastern Europe

Oikos

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 110-118

  Gorb, Stanislav N ^a   Gorb, Elena V ^b  

^a SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROHABITAT; SEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

(EAST); EUROPE;

FORMICA POLYCTENA; LASIUS FILIGINOSUS; LEPTOTHORAX NYLANDERI; MYRMICA RUBRA; VIOLA ODORATA;

EID: 0033054392     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546871     Document Type: Article

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