Dispersal mechanisms of the narrow endemic Polygala vayredae: Dispersal syndromes and spatio-temporal variations in ant dispersal assemblages

Plant Ecology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359-372

  Castro, Sílvia ^a   Ferrero, Victoria ^b   Loureiro, João ^a   Espadaler, Xavier ^c   Silveira, Paulo ^d   Navarro, Luis ^b  

^a INESC COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anemochory; Barochory; Elaiosome; Myrmecochory; Seed germination; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; ANT; BODY SIZE; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GERMINATION; MYRMECOCHORY; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROPAGULE; RARITY; SEED; SEED PREDATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FORMICIDAE; POLYGALA; POLYGALACEAE;

EID: 77951975343     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9679-z     Document Type: Article

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