Combining distances of ballistic and myrmecochorous seed dispersal in Adriana quadripartita (Euphorbiaceae)

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 429-436

  Beaumont, Kieren P ^a   Mackay, Duncan A ^a   Whalen, Molly A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adriana; Ballistic dispersal; Diplochory; Euphorbiaceae; Myrmecochory; Net dispersal; Rhytidoponera

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST EDGE; GERMINATION; MYRMECOCHORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SHRUB;

ADRIANA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FORMICIDAE; RHYTIDOPONERA; RHYTIDOPONERA METALLICA;

EID: 64449084319     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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