Effect of herbivore deterrence by ants on the fruit set of an extrafloral nectary plant, Qualea multiflora (Vochysiaceae)
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- 10 July 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Tropical Ecology
- Vol. 12 (6) , 887-892
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