Seed-Robbing Between Ant Species Intervenes in the Myrmecochory of Euphorbia Characias (Euphorbiaceae)

Psyche (New York)

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 1995, Pages 19-25

  Espadaler, Xavier ^a   Suñer, David ^a   Gómez, Crisanto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

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EID: 0039271905     PISSN: 00332615     EISSN: 16877438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1995/37850     Document Type: Article

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