Dispersion of seeds of tree species by the leaf-cutting ant acromyrmex subterraneus molestans (hymenoptera: Formicidae) in viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 645-652

  Pikart, Tiago Georg ^a   Souza, Gabriely Köerich ^b   Zanuncio, Teresinha Vinha ^a   Zanetti, Ronald ^c   Polanczyk, Ricardo Antonio ^d   Serrão, José Eduardo ^a   Zanuncio, José Cola ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Interaction; Leaf cutting ants; Seeds

Indexed keywords

ACROMYRMEX; ACROMYRMEX SUBTERRANEUS MOLESTANS; ATTA; COPAIFERA LANGSDORFFII; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MABEA FISTULIFERA; MACRANTHERA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SENNA;

EID: 78649432080     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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