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Effect of herbivore deterrence by ants on the fruit set of an extrafloral nectary plant, Qualea multiflora (Vochysiaceae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Kleber Del-Claro ,
Vanderlei Berto  and
Wilson Réu
Kleber Del-Claro*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, CP 593, CEP 38405–382, Uberlândia, MG, Brasil
Vanderlei Berto
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, CP 593, CEP 38405–382, Uberlândia, MG, Brasil
Wilson Réu
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, CP 593, CEP 38405–382, Uberlândia, MG, Brasil
*
1Departamento de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia.
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Keywords

ant-plant mutualismcerradoextrafloral nectariesfruit productionQualea multiflora
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 12 , Issue 6 , November 1996 , pp. 887 - 892
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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