The interaction between Cistaceae and a highly specific seed-harvester ant in a Mediterranean scrubland

Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-56

  Bastida, F ^a   Talavera, S ^b   Ortiz, P L ^b   Arista, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cistaceae; Cistus ladanifer; Goniomma kugleri; Seed predation; Seed preferences; Seed release; Seed harvester ants

Indexed keywords

ANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERB; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE; SCRUB; SEED PREDATION; SEED SIZE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; CISTACEAE; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CISTACEAE; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT DISEASES; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CISTACEAE; CISTUS; CISTUS LADANIFER; FORMICIDAE; GONIOMMA KUGLERI; TUBERARIA GUTTATA;

EID: 57649130772     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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