Ant-Plant associations in different forests in venezuela;Associações formiga-planta em diferentes florestas na venezuela

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-31

  Goitía, William ^a   Jaffé, Klaus ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional Experimental Simon Rodriuez   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Myrmecophilous plant; Myrmecophyte

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 67650671362     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2009000100002     Document Type: Article

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