Why are there few seedlings beneath the myrmecophyte Triplaris americana?

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-118

  Larrea Alcázar, Daniel M ^a   Simonetti, Javier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Ant ant interaction; Pruning behaviour; Resident ant; Unsafe sites

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; ANT; DICOTYLEDON; GERMINATION; GRANIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOST PLANT; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS; FORMICIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; MYRMICINAE; POLYGONACEAE; PSEUDOMYRMECINAE; PSEUDOMYRMEX; PSEUDOMYRMEX TRIPLARINUS; THEOBROMA CACAO; TRIPLARIS; TRIPLARIS AMERICANA;

EID: 34250200409     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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