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14 - Mutualisms and the Reciprocal Benefits of Comparing Systems with Native and Introduced Ants

from Part IV - Effect of Invasive Ants on Plants and Their Mutualists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2017

By
Joshua H. Ness  and
David A. Holway
Edited by
Paulo S. Oliveira  and
Suzanne Koptur
Paulo S. Oliveira
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Suzanne Koptur
Affiliation:
Florida International University
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Ant-Plant Interactions
Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial Ecosystems
 , pp. 290 - 308
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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