Geographic variations in seed dispersal by ants: are plant and seed traits decisive?

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Die Naturwissenschaften

• Publication date

  2007-02-12

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00114-006-0185-zPMID 17119907
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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