Effect of three mound-building ant species on the formation of soil seed bank in mountain grassland

Flora

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 148-158

  Dostál, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Lasius flavus; Myrmecochory; Pasture; Seed density

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; GRASSLAND; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL;

FORMICA; FORMICIDAE; LASIUS; LASIUS FLAVUS; TETRAMORIUM CAESPITUM;

EID: 16244374303     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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