Ontogenetic succession and the ant mosaic: An empirical approach using pioneer trees

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 316-323

  Dejean, Alain ^a   Djiéto Lordon, Champlain ^b   Céréghino, Régis ^c   Leponce, Maurice ^d  

^a École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ant plant relationships; Dynamics of associations; Myrmecophytes; Species turnover; Tropical rainforests

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCLEISTA VOGELII; BARTERIA FISTULOSA; FORMICIDAE; GENTIANACEAE; LOPHIRA ALATA; OCHNACEAE; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; PASSIFLORACEAE;

EID: 41949130697     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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