Myrmecologische Nachrichten 6: 22; printable
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_006:022
- Open Access: CC BY 4.0
- Year: 2004
- Title: Gorb, E. & Gorb, S. 2003: Seed dispersal by ants in a deciduous forest ecosystem: Mechanisms, strategies, adaptations
- Journal: Myrmecological News
- Volume: 6
- Pages: 22
- Type of contribution: Book Review
- Supplementary material: No
- Abstract: Gorb, E. & Gorb, S. 2003: Seed dispersal by ants in a deciduous forest ecosystem: Mechanisms, strategies, adaptations. – Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 242 pp. Mag. Dr. Birgit C. SCHLICK-STEINER (contact author) & Mag. Dr. Florian M. Steiner, Institute of Zoology, Department of Integrative Biology; Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology und Forest Protection, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 33, A-1180 Vienna, Austria. E-mail: h9304696@edv1.boku.ac.at We all know that ants are important in the dispersal of seeds. More than 3,000 plant species use the help of ants to be planted, and within single ecosystems half the herbaceous plant species may take advantage of this strategy. But are we aware of the full complexity of the myrmecochorous syndrome? Has the impact of the ant community’s species composition on the plant species composition via myrmecochory been adequately recognized? Or the… Open access, licensed under CC BY 4.0. © 2004 The Author(s).
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- Publisher: The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
- ISSN: Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500