Dispersal for distance? Acacia ligulata seeds and meat ants Iridomyrmex viridiaeneus

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 589-595

  Whitney, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant plant interaction; Dispersal distance; Dormancy; Germination; Mutualism; Myrmecochory; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; MYRMECOCHORY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VIABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KINCHEGA NATIONAL PARK; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ACACIA; ACACIA LIGULATA; FABACEAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; IRIDOMYRMEX VIRIDIAENEUS;

EID: 1942420586     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01216.x     Document Type: Article

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