Yellow jackets (Vespula spp.) disperse Trillium (spp.) seeds in eastern North America

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 444-446

  Zettler, J A ^a   Spira, T P ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; MYRMECOPHILY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL;

BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM CATESBAEI; TRILLIUM CUNEATUM; TRILLIUM UNDULATUM; VESPIDAE; VESPULA;

EID: 0035207567     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2001)146[0444:YJVSDT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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