title: [Syagrus romanzoffiana (Arecaceae) seed utilization by ants in a secondary forest in South Brazil].
abstract: Ants can nest in a wide variety of substracts. This paper shows Syagrus romanzoffiana seed utilization by ants in an Atlantic secondary forest. We report 29 seeds occupied by small-bodied ants, with 27 of them showing at least two ant development stages. Although a large number of seeds were sampled, a low level of ant occupation was observed.
authors.affiliation: Mestranda do Curso de Biologia Vegetal/UFSC, C. postal 476, 88010-970, Florianópolis, SC. feribs@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Fernanda R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Romualdo M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Begnini
authors.forename: Vinícius A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Klier
authors.forename: Karla Z
authors.initials: KZ
authors.lastname: Scherer
authors.forename: Benedito C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Tânia T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Castellani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000502:physiology*; D028023:Arecaceae / Q000469:parasitology*; D001938:Brazil; D012639:Seeds / Q000469:parasitology*; D014197:Trees