Ant visitation (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) to extrafloral nectaries increases seed set and seed viability in the tropical weed Triumfetta semitriloba

Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 353-368

  Sobrinho, Tathiana G ^a   Schoereder, José H ^a   Rodrigues, Leandra L ^a   Collevatti, Rosane G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant plant interaction; Ants; Extrafloral nectaries; Formicidae; Herbivory; Reproductive output

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; TRIUMFETTA SEMITRILOBA;

EID: 0036005437     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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