Ant-mediated dispersal of asexual moss propagules

Bryologist

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-79

  Rudolphi, Jörgen ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ant; Aulacomnium androgynum; Bryophyte; Lasius platythorax; Myrmecochory

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AULACOMNIUM ANDROGYNUM; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FORMICIDAE; LASIUS PLATYTHORAX;

EID: 61849093630     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-112.1.73     Document Type: Article

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