Effects of seed aggregation on the removal rates of elaiosome-bearing Chelidonium majus and Viola odourata seeds carried by Formica polyctena ants

Ecological Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-192

  Gorb, Elena ^a   Gorb, Stanislav ^b,c  

^a TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

^b SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ants; Formica polyctena; Myrmecochory; Seed aggregation; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; SEED;

CHELIDONIUM MAJUS; FORMICA POLYCTENA; VIOLA ODORATA;

EID: 0034213651     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2000.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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