Pericarpial nectary-visiting ants do not provide fruit protection against pre-dispersal seed predators regardless of ant species composition and resource availability

Extrafloral nectaries can occur in both vegetative and reproductive plant structures. In many Rubiaceae species in the Brazilian Cerrado, after corolla abscission, the floral nectary continues to secret nectar throughout fruit development originating post-floral pericarpial nectaries which commonly...

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Autores principales: Sanz-Veiga, Priscila Andre, Ré Jorge, Leonardo, Benitez-Vieyra, Santiago, Amorim, Felipe W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5718428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29211790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188445

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5718428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29211790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188445

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