Seed dispersal in Erythronium dens-canis L. (Liliaceae): Variation among habitats in a myrmecochorous plant

Plant Ecology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-177

  Guitián, Pablo ^a   Medrano, Mónica ^a   Guitián, Javier ^a  

^a Universidade de Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ants; Dispersal distances; Myrmecochory; Northwest Iberian Peninsula; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYTE; HABITAT TYPE; MYRMECOCHORY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CAFETERIA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ERYTHRONIUM; ERYTHRONIUM DENS-CANIS; FORMICIDAE; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0242658490     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026043411357     Document Type: Article

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