Size and lipid content of nonmyrmecochorous diaspores: Effects on the interaction with litter-foraging ants in the Atlantic rain forest of Brazil

Plant Ecology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-52

  Pizo, Marco A ^a   Oliveira, Paulo S ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant behaviour; Ant plant interaction; Atlantic forest; Brazil; Myrmecochory; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANT; LIPID; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PROPAGULE; SEED DISPERSAL; SIZE EFFECT; ZOOCHORY;

BRAZIL;

ALCHORNEA; ALCHORNEA GLANDULOSA; ANIMALIA; CABRALEA; CABRALEA CANJERANA; CITHAREXYLUM; CITHAREXYLUM MYRIANTHUM; EUGENIA; EUGENIA STICTOSEPALA; FORMICIDAE; HYERONIMA; HYERONIMA ALCHORNEOIDES; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PACHYCONDYLA STRIATA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; VIROLA; VIROLA OLEIFERA;

EID: 0035699883     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013735305100     Document Type: Article

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