Ant-gardens on the giant bamboo gigantochloa scortechinii(Poaceae) in West-Malaysia
We report the first experimental evidence of seed collecting behavior in an ant-garden-inhabiting ant species in the Palaeotropics. Vascular epiphytes growing on the giant bamboo Gigantochloa scortechinii (Poaceae) were collected at Ulu Gombak, West Malaysia. Sixteen epiphyte species were growing in...
Main Authors: | Hashim, Rosli, Kaufmann, E., Weissflog, A., Maschwitz, U. |
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2001
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