Effect of timing of elaiosome removal on seed germination in the ant-dispersed plant, Erythronium japonicum (Liliaceae)

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-148

  Ohkawara, Kyohsuke ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ant dispersal; Elaiosome; Erythronium japonicum; Germination; Seed

Indexed keywords

ERYTHRONIUM JAPONICUM; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 23944511691     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2005.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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