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Seed attack by beetles and leaf-cutter ants on Peltogyne gracilipes Ducke (Caesalpiniaceae) on Maracá Island, Brazilian Amazonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Marcelo T. Nascimento  and
John Proctor
Marcelo T. Nascimento
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Molecular Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK
John Proctor
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Molecular Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK
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Keywords

antsbeetlespredationrain forestseedsseedlings
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 12 , Issue 5 , September 1996 , pp. 723 - 727
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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