Ant-mediated expansion of an obligate seeder species during the first years after fire

Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 842-852

  Arnan, X ^a   Rodrigo, A ^a   Molowny Horas, R ^a   Retana, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Population expansion; Post fire; Seed dispersal; Seed predation; Seed harvesting ants; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CISTACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; GERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CISTACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GERMINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS;

EID: 79952197074     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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