Disruption of ant-seed dispersal mutualisms by the invasive Asian needle ant (Pachycondyla chinensis)

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 557-565

  Rodriguez Cabal, Mariano A ^a   Stuble, Katharine L ^a   Guénard, Benoit ^b   Dunn, Robert R ^b   Sanders, Nathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphaenogaster rudis; Exotic species; Hexastylis arifolia; Myrmecochory; Seed dispersal mutualisms

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUTUALISM; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL;

APHAENOGASTER RUDIS; FORMICIDAE; HEXASTYLIS ARIFOLIA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PACHYCONDYLA CHINENSIS; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 84858002953     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0097-5     Document Type: Article

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