Birds and ants provide complementary seed dispersal in a neotropical savanna

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Journal of Ecology

• Publication date

  2010-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01653.x
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