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