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5 - Global Change Impacts on Ant-Mediated Seed Dispersal in Eastern North American Forests

from Part II - Ant-Seed Interactions and Man-Induced Disturbance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2017

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Robert J. Warren II ,
Joshua R. King ,
Lacy D. Chick  and
Mark A. Bradford
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
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