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Swollen-thorn acacias of Central America

by: Janzen, Daniel H

Publication date: 1974

Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Topics: Acacia, Ants, Plant ecology

Publisher: Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]

Collection: biodiversity

Contributor: Smithsonian Libraries

Language: English

Rights: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/permissions/

Volume: no.13 (1974)

Bibliography: p. 130-131

This nomenclatural, taxonomic, and ecological treatment of 11 Central American obligate ant-acacias (Acacia allenii, A. chiapensis, A. collinsii, A. cookii, A. cornigera, A. gentlei, A. globulifera, A. hindsii, A. mayana, A. melanoceras, and A. sphaerocephala) and one quasi-obligate ant-acacia (Acacia ruddiae) is based on extensive field study from 1963 to 1972 and on herbarium specimens where of use. The population boundaries of all species are mapped and described with respect to ecological parameters. Morphological variation, details of the interaction with the ants, and acacia reproductive biology are presented for most species

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MSRL copy mq25305 is no. 2 in a vol. with 3 other titles. Bound together subsequent to publication