Choosing benefits or partners: A review of the evidence for the evolution of myrmecochory

Oikos

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 481-492

  Giladi, Itamar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; HOST SELECTION; MYRMECOCHORY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33645115741     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.14258.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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