Removal of Nonmyrmecochorous Seeds by Ants: Role of Ants in Cattle Grasslands

Livestock production models prevailing in Colombian Andes are simplified treeless pastures for extensive ranching, with the consequent reduction of environmental services, such as seed dispersal, due to lack of primary dispersers, scarcity of adequate sites for seedling establishment and competition...

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Main Authors: Selene Escobar-Ramírez, Sebastián Duque, Natalia Henao, Alejandra Hurtado-Giraldo, Inge Armbrecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/951029