Interactions between ants, herbivorous insects and bracken (Pteridium aquilinum), a fern with extrafloral nectaries

Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) is a cosmopolitan species of fern which possesses extrafloral nectaries. A survey of the arthropod fauna associated with the plant throughout its range in South Africa identified the most widespread and damaging bracken herbivores and those species most likely to be inf...

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Main Author: Rashbrook, Vanessa Karin
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Rhodes University 1989
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002042