Seed transport and removal of the elaiosome of Mabea fistulifera by workers of Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 275-290

  Peternelli, Ethel F O ^a   Delia Lucia, Terezinha M C ^a   Peternelli, Luiz A ^a   Moreira, Neliane C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atta sexdens rubropilosa; Elaiosome; Mabea fistulifera; Myrmecochory; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS RUBROPILOSA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MABEA FISTULIFERA;

EID: 59849109741     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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