An update of the world survey of myrmecochorous dispersal distances

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  2013

• Venue

  Ecography

• Publication date

  2013-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1600-0587.2013.00289.X
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