Seed dispersal by ants in the semi-arid caatinga of north-east Brazil

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 885-894

  Leal, Inara R ^a   Wirth, Rainer ^b   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b France   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caatinga; Directed dispersal hypothesis; Euphorbiaceae; Myrmecochory; North east Brazil; Seed dispersal; Seed germination; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

ANT; CAATINGA; GERMINATION; MYRMECOCHORY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEMIARID REGION;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; PLANTS; SEEDS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 34548419792     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm017     Document Type: Article

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