[Syagrus romanzoffiana (Arecaceae) seed utilization by ants in a secondary forest in South Brazil].
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.
Silva
Fernanda R
FR
Mestranda do Curso de Biologia Vegetal/UFSC, C. postal 476, 88010-970, Florianópolis, SC. feribs@hotmail.com
Begnini
Romualdo M
RM
Klier
Vinícius A
VA
Scherer
Karla Z
KZ
Lopes
Benedito C
BC
Castellani
Tânia T
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D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000502:physiology*; D028023:Arecaceae / Q000469:parasitology*; D001938:Brazil; D012639:Seeds / Q000469:parasitology*; D014197:Trees