Seed dispersal by ants: Are seed preferences influenced by foraging strategies or historical constraints?

Flora

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 413-420

  Peters, Marcell ^a   Oberrath, Reik ^b   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^c  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elaiosome; Foraging behaviour; Habitat effects; Myrmecochory; Seed dispersal; Seed removal

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; MYRMECOCHORY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0346996980     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0367-2530-1210114     Document Type: Article

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