Ants cannot account for interpopulation dispersal of the arillate pea Daviesia triflora

New Phytologist

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 725-733

  He, Tianhua ^a,b   Lamont, Byron B ^a   Krauss, Siegfried L ^b,c   Enright, Neal J ^a,d   Miller, Ben P ^a,b   Gove, Aaron D ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ants; Assignment test; Long distance dispersal; Metapopulation; Microsatellite DNA marker; Myrmecochory; Nonstandard dispersal; Reid's paradox

Indexed keywords

ANT; DNA; GENETIC MARKER; METAPOPULATION; MYRMECOCHORY; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; PEA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; AUSTRALIA; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; PEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS;

DAVIESIA; DROMAIIDAE; FORMICIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEAE; PISUM SATIVUM; RHYTIDOPONERA VIOLACEA;

EID: 58249125146     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02686.x     Document Type: Article

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