Ant dispersal and predation affects the availability of seeds for old-field recolonisation in Western Australia

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 301-311

  Harris, R J ^a   Standish, R J ^b,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia acuminata; Elaiosome; Eucalyptus bxophleba subsp. Bxophleba; Myrmechory; Oldfield succession

Indexed keywords

ANT; CONIFEROUS TREE; MYRMECOCHORY; OIL FIELD; RECOLONIZATION; SEED PREDATION; SUCCESSION; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77954842620     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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