Distribución, mortalidad y asociación con plantas, de nidos de Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en la isla de Barro Colorado, Panamá

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 697-709

  Pérez, Rolando ^a   Condit, Richard ^a   Lao, Suzanne ^a  

^a Inst Invest Tropicales Smithsonian   (Panama)

Author keywords

Association; Distribution; Extra floral nectaries; Mortality; Nests; Paraponera clavata; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444441434     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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