Ant benefits in a seed dispersal mutualism

Oecologia

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-49

  Gammans, Nicola ^a,b   Bullock, James M ^a   Schönrogge, Karsten ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elaiosome; Essential nutrients; Myrmecochory; Myrmica ruginodis; Ulex

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL;

ANT; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOCHORY; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; MALE; SEEDS; ULEX;

FORMICIDAE; MYRMICA RUGINODIS; ULEX; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 27644565668     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0154-9     Document Type: Article

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