Seed desiccation limits removal by ants

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 225-232

  Servigne, Pablo ^a   Detrain, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chelidonium majus; Elaiosome; Myrmecochory; Rehydration; Seed dispersal; Viola odorata

Indexed keywords

ANT; DESICCATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LABORATORY METHOD; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; REHYDRATION; SEED; SEED DISPERSAL;

CHELIDONIUM; CHELIDONIUM MAJUS; FORMICIDAE; MYRMICA RUBRA; VIOLA ODORATA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 70350719207     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-009-9076-5     Document Type: Article

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