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13 - Biological Invasions and Ant-Flower Networks on Islands

from Part IV - Effect of Invasive Ants on Plants and Their Mutualists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2017

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Nico Blüthgen ,
Christopher Kaiser-Bunbury  and
Robert R. Junker
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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