The critical role of ants in the extensive dispersal of Acacia seeds revealed by genetic parentage assignment

Oecologia

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1123-1134

  Pascov, Caitlin M ^a,b   Nevill, Paul G ^a,b,c   Elliott, Carole P ^a,d   Majer, Jonathan D ^b,c   Anthony, Janet M ^a,b   Krauss, Siegfried L ^a,b  

^a KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Myrmecochory; Parentage assignment; Plant density; Seed dispersal; Semi arid zone

Indexed keywords

ANT; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; MYRMECOCHORY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEMIARID REGION;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; FORMICIDAE; IRIDOMYRMEX AGILIS; MELOPHORUS TURNERI PERTHENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; WATER;

ACACIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ACACIA; ANIMALS; ANTS; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS; SYMBIOSIS; WATER;

EID: 84946494136     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3400-9     Document Type: Article

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