Effects of redispersal of seeds by ants on the vegetation pattern in a deciduous forest: A case study

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 293-301

  Gorb, Stanislav N ^a   Gorb, Elena V ^b   Punttila, Pekka ^c  

^a SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ant territories; Ant plant interactions; Dispersal distance; Dropping of seeds; Formica polyctena; Lasius fuliginosus; Myrmecochory; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

UKRAINE;

ASARUM EUROPAEUM; BALLOTA NIGRA; FORMICA POLYCTENA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS FULIGINOSUS; VIOLA ODORATA;

EID: 0034545066     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(00)01081-X     Document Type: Article

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