Inherited biotic protection in a neotropical pioneer plant.

Chelonanthus alatus is a bat-pollinated, pioneer Gentianaceae that clusters in patches where still-standing, dried-out stems are interspersed among live individuals. Flowers bear circum-floral nectaries (CFNs) that are attractive to ants, and seed dispersal is both barochorous and anemochorous. Alth...

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Main Authors: Alain Dejean, Bruno Corbara, Céline Leroy, Jacques H C Delabie, Vivien Rossi, Régis Céréghino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3069041?pdf=render