Effects of the Argentine ant Linepithema humile on seed dispersal and seedling emergence of Rhamnus alaternus

Ecography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 532-538

  Gómez, Crisanto ^a   Pons, Pere ^a   Bas, Josep M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ANIMALIA; ARGENTINA (FISH); AVES; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS SUBER; RHAMNACEAE; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS ALATERNUS;

EID: 0141462737     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2003.03484.x     Document Type: Article

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