Interactions between ants, fruits and seeds in a restinga forest in south-eastern Brazil

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-270

  Passos, Luciana ^a   Oliveira, Paulo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant fruit seed interaction; Ant plant interaction; Atlantic forest; Fleshy diaspores; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANT; DIASPORA; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; CHELIFER; FORMICIDAE; ODONTOMACHUS; ODONTOMACHUS CHELIFER; PACHYCONDYLA; PACHYCONDYLA STRIATA;

EID: 0037946787     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403003298     Document Type: Article

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