Leaf-cutting ant nests near roads increase fitness of exotic plant species in natural protected areas

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1641, 2008, Pages 1431-1440

  Farji Brener, Alejandro G ^a   Ghermandi, Luciana ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex lobicornis; Ant debris; Biological invasions; Carduus nutans; Onopordum acanthium; Resource availability hypothesis

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ABUNDANCE; ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; NATIONAL PARK; NEST; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOMASS; PROTECTED AREA; REPRODUCTION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SEED PRODUCTION;

ACROMYRMEX LOBICORNIS; ANT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CARDUUS NUTANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOTIC SPECIES; GREENHOUSE; NATIONAL PARK; NESTING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; ONOPORDUM ACANTHIUM; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACROMYRMEX LOBICORNIS; ATTA; CARDUUS NUTANS; ONOPORDUM ACANTHIUM;

EID: 43249126356     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0154     Document Type: Article

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