Forest edges and landscape history shape interactions between plants, seed-dispersing ants and seed predators

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 838-847

  Ness, J H ^a   Morin, D F ^a  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Mutualism; Myrmecochory; Predation; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

ANT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST EDGE; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; MONITORING; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOCHORY; RARITY; RODENT; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; APHAENOGASTER; APHAENOGASTER RUDIS; FORMICIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 40149100592     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.12.029     Document Type: Article

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