Mucilage secretion by seeds doubles the chance to escape removal by ants

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1167-1175

  Engelbrecht, Meike ^a   García Fayos, Patricio ^a  

^a Atmosphere and Ocean Laboratory   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fumana; Messor; Myxospermy; Rosmarinus; Seed dispersal; Seed predation; Seedling recruitment pattern

Indexed keywords

ANT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MUCILAGE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SECRETION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEMIARID REGION; SURVIVAL;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; FUMANA; FUMANA ERICOIDES; FUMANA THYMIFOLIA; MESSOR; ROSMARINUS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84863433034     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0074-9     Document Type: Article

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