The distribution of ant nests (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in coastal grey dunes of Flanders (Belgium) and their relationship to myrmecochorous plants

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 134, Issue 2 PART 1, 2004, Pages 89-96

  Lehouck, Valérie ^a   Bonte, Dries ^a   Dekoninck, Wouter ^a   Maelfait, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Luzula campestris; Myrmecochory; Polygala vulgaris; Viola curtisii

Indexed keywords

ANT; DUNE; HABITAT SELECTION; NEST; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEEDLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; FORMICA; FORMICA CUNICULARIA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS; LASIUS FLAVUS; LASIUS MERIDIONALIS; LASIUS PSAMMOPHILUS; LUZULA; LUZULA CAMPESTRIS; LUZULA MERIDIONALIS; MYRMICA; MYRMICA SABULETI; MYRMICA SCABRINODIS; POLYGALA; POLYGALA VULGARIS; POLYGALACEAE; TETRAMORIUM; TETRAMORIUM CAESPITUM; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 4544296590     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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