Leafcutter ants: A small dispersal agent of the invasive plant Murraya paniculata

Weed Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 548-551

  Pikart, T G ^a   Souza, G K ^a   Serrao J E ^a   Zanuncio, J C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex niger; Citrus greening disease; Dispersal; Exotic weed; Myrmecochory; Orange jessamine

Indexed keywords

ANT; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; FRUIT; INTERMEDIATE HOST; INVASIVE SPECIES; MYRMECOCHORY; SECONDARY FOREST;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS;

ACROMYRMEX NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CESTRUM AURANTIACUM; CITRUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MURRAYA EXOTICA; MURRAYA PANICULATA;

EID: 80055114856     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2011.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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