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The Florida Harvester Ant, Pogonomyrmex badius, Relies on Germination to Consume Large Seeds

The Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius, is one of many ant species and genera that stores large numbers of seeds in damp, underground chambers for later consumption. A comparison of the sizes of seeds recovered from storage chambers with those of seed husks discarded following consumption re...

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Autores principales: Tschinkel, Walter R., Kwapich, Christina L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5125654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27893844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166907