Disturbance Winners or Losers? Plants Bearing Extrafloral Nectaries in Brazilian Caatinga

Biotropica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 468-474

  Leal, Laura C ^a,b   Andersen, Alan N ^c   Leal, Inara R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ant plant interaction; Anthropogenic disturbance; Caatinga; Facultative mutualism; Nectar; Semi arid vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CAATINGA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FLOWER VISITING; MUTUALISM; NECTAR; NECTARY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PIONEER SPECIES; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SEMIARID REGION;

BRAZIL;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84937023423     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12230     Document Type: Article

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