Ant nests as the habitats of mirmecochores: Do the nest mounds of Formica polyctena fabr. provide the advantageous microsites for the violet Viola odorata L.?

Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 455-456

  Gorb, E V ^a   Gorb, S N ^b  

^a TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

^b SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

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