Ant-mediated seed dispersal contributes to the local spatial pattern and genetic structure of Globba lancangensis (Zingiberaceae)

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-324

  Zhou, Huiping ^a,b   Chen, Jin ^a   Chen, Fan ^a,b  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBBA LANCANGENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED DISPERSAL; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEEDS; ZINGIBERACEAE;

FORMICIDAE; GLOBBA; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 34548218755     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esm032     Document Type: Article

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