Potential for ants and vertebrate predators to shape seed-dispersal dynamics of the invasive thistles Cirsium arvense and Carduus nutans in their introduced range (North America)

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Plant Ecology

• Publication date

  2010-03-27

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s11258-010-9757-2
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