Species-Specific Seed Dispersal in an Obligate Ant-Plant Mutualism

Throughout lowland Amazonia, arboreal ants collect seeds of specific plants and cultivate them in nutrient-rich nests, forming diverse yet obligate and species-specific symbioses called Neotropical ant-gardens (AGs). The ants depend on their symbiotic plants for nest stability, and the plants depend...

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Autores principales: Youngsteadt, Elsa, Baca, Jeniffer Alvarez, Osborne, Jason, Schal, Coby
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2632754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19194502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004335

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2632754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19194502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004335

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