Seasonally different modes of seed dispersal in the prostrate annual, Chamaesyce maculata (L.) Small (Euphorbiaceae), with multiple overlapping generations

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 299-305

  Ohnishi, Yoshihiro ^a   Suzuki, Nobuhiko ^a   Katayama, Noboru ^b   Teranishi, Shin ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autochory; Myrmecochory; Pheidole noda; Seed predation; Tetramorium tsushimae

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANT; MYRMECOCHORY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA MACULATA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FORMICIDAE; PHEIDOLE NODA; TETRAMORIUM TSUSHIMAE;

EID: 40349100307     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0378-8     Document Type: Article

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