Interaction between ants and fruits of Guapira opposita (Nyctaginaceae) in a Brazilian sandy plain rainforest: Ant effects on seeds and seedlings

Oecologia

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 376-382

  Passos, Luciana ^a   Oliveira, Paulo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant seed interaction; Odontomachus; Ponerine ants; Seed dispersal seedling distribution

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ANT; FRUIT; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; GERMINATION; NYCTAGINACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BRAZIL; CALCIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; GERMINATION; NYCTAGINACEAE; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POTASSIUM; SEEDS; SOIL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; CHELIFER; FORMICIDAE; GUAPIRA; NYCTAGINACEAE; ODONTOMACHUS; ODONTOMACHUS CHELIFER; PACHYCONDYLA; PACHYCONDYLA STRIATA;

EID: 4544353345     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1531-5     Document Type: Article

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