The ecology of a keystone seed disperser, the ant Rhytidoponera violacea

Rhytidoponera violacea (Forel) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is a keystone seed disperser in Kwongan heathland habitats of southwestern Australia. Like many myrmecochorous ants, little is known about the basic biology of this species. In this study various aspects of the biology of R. violacea were exam...

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Main Authors: Lubertazzi, D., Aliberti Lubertazzi, M., McCoy, N., Gove, Aaron, Majer, Jonathan, Dunn, Robert
Format: Journal Article
Published: University of Wisconsin 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20707