The relevance of ants as seed rescuers of a primarily bird-dispersed tree in the Neotropical cerrado savanna

Oecologia

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 735-745

  Christianini, Alexander V ^a,b   Oliveira, Paulo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diplochory; Dispersal distance; Disperser effectiveness; Fruit crop size; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIRD; CERRADO; COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT; GERMINATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GERMINATION; MELASTOMATACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIRDS; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GERMINATION; MELASTOMATACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; FORMICIDAE; MICONIA; MICONIA RUBIGINOSA;

EID: 67649216611     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1349-2     Document Type: Article

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