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Leaf-cutter ants' (Atta laevigata) aid to the establishment success of Tapirira velutinifolia (Anacardiaceae) seedlings in a parkland savanna

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Alejandro G. Farji Brener  and
J. F. Silva
Alejandro G. Farji Brener
Affiliation:
Postgrado en Ecologia Tropical, Centro de Investigations Ecológicas de Los Andes Tropicales, Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes, 5101 Mérida, Venezuela
J. F. Silva
Affiliation:
Postgrado en Ecologia Tropical, Centro de Investigations Ecológicas de Los Andes Tropicales, Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes, 5101 Mérida, Venezuela
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Keywords

AnacardiaceaeAttadeciduous treeleaf-cutting antsparkland savannaseedlingsVenezuela
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 163 - 168
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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