Ants Visiting the Post-Floral Secretions of Pericarpial Nectaries in Palicourea rigida (Rubiaceae) Provide Protection Against Leaf Herbivores But Not Against Seed Parasites

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  2013

• Venue

  Sociobiology

• Publication date

  2013-11-06

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.13102/SOCIOBIOLOGY.V60I3.217-221
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