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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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2011-03, Vol.6 (3), p.e18071-e18071
Hauptverfasser:	Dejean, Alain, Corbara, Bruno, Leroy, Céline, Delabie, Jacques H C, Rossi, Vivien, Céréghino, Régis
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aggressiveness Animals Ants Ants - physiology Biodiversity and Ecology Biology Colonies Dictionaries Dispersal Encyclopedias Environmental Sciences Extrafloral nectaries Fitness Flowers Flowers & plants Flowers - growth & development Flowers - physiology Foliage Food Generalized linear models Genotype & phenotype Gentianaceae Gentianaceae - growth & development Gentianaceae - physiology Herbivores Indicator organisms Insects Life Sciences Nectar Nesting Offspring Patches (structures) Phenotypes Philodendron Plant nectar Plant protection Plant reproduction Plant reproductive structures Plants (botany) Pollination Pollination - physiology Predation Reproduction Reproduction - physiology Seed Dispersal Seed Dispersal - physiology Shelters Species Stems Wood Workers (insect caste)
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