Post fire resprouting of banisteriopsis malifolia (Malpighiaceae) and the role of extrafloral nectaries on the associated ant fauna in a Brazilian Savanna

Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 327-340

  Alves Silva, E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Brazilian savanna; Camponotus crassus; Ectatomma tuberculatum; Plant vigor hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BANISTERIOPSIS; CAMPONOTUS CRASSUS; ECTATOMMA TUBERCULATUM; FORMICIDAE; MALPIGHIACEAE;

EID: 80051968102     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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