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...

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Published inNeotropical entomology Vol. 38; no. 6; p. 873
Main Authors Silva, Fernanda R, Begnini, Romualdo M, Klier, Vinícius A, Scherer, Karla Z, Lopes, Benedito C, Castellani, Tânia T
Format Journal Article
LanguagePortuguese
Published Netherlands 01.11.2009
Subjects
Animals
Ants - physiology
Arecaceae - parasitology
Brazil
Seeds - parasitology
Trees
Brazil
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1519-566X
DOI:10.1590/S1519-566X2009000600025