Mechanical defence in seeds to avoid predation by a granivorous ant

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 501-506

  Oliveras, Jordi ^a   Gómez, Crisanto ^a   Bas, Josep M ^a   Espadaler, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Messor barbarus; Psoralea bituminosa; Seed predation; Seed toughness

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EVOLUTION; GRANIVORY; LEGUME; NATURAL SELECTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PREDATION; PREY; SEED;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEEDS;

BITUMINARIA BITUMINOSA; FORMICIDAE; MESSOR BARBARUS;

EID: 44149115714     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0349-0     Document Type: Article

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