Seed dispersal efficiency of forest herbaceous plant species by the ant Myrmica ruginodis;Performances des plantes herbacées forestières dans la dispersion de leurs graines par la fourmi Myrmica ruginodis

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 331, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 309-320

  Delatte, Émilie ^a   Chabrerie, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Diaspore; Ecology; Elaiosome; Forest ecosystem; Life trait; Myrmecochory; Plant species

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOTIC FACTOR; CORRELATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; PLANT; SEED DISPERSAL;

AGROSTIS; ANT; ARTICLE; CHELIDONIUM; COLCHICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; GRASS; HERB; HOLCUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POA; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; VIOLACEAE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANTS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; CHELIDONIUM MAJUS; COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; FORMICIDAE; HOLCUS LANATUS; HOLCUS MOLLIS; LUZULA FORSTERI; LUZULA MULTIFLORA; MELICA UNIFLORA; MYRMICA RUGINODIS; POA TRIVIALIS; POACEAE; VIOLA REICHENBACHIANA;

EID: 40649099393     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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