Cryptic consequences of a dispersal mutualism: Seed burial, elaiosome removal, and seed-bank dynamics

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1101-1110

  Christian, Caroline E ^a,b   Stanton, Maureen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Argentine ants; Fynbos; Granivory; Mutualism; Proteaceae; Seed bank dynamics; Seed dispersal; Seed dormancy; Seedling recruitment; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANT; FYNBOS; RECRUITMENT; SEED BURIAL; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; ZOOCHORY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ARGENTINA (FISH); FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEUCOSPERMUM; LEUCOSPERMUM TRUNCATULUM; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PROTEACEAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 8144225346     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0059     Document Type: Article

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