Swollen-thorn acacias of Central America / Daniel H. Janzen.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Janzen, Daniel H., author.

Contributor:

Smithsonian Institution. Press, publisher.

Series:

Smithsonian contributions to botany ; no. 13.

Smithsonian contributions to botany ; number 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acacia--Ecology--Central America.

Acacia.

Acacia--Central America--Morphology.

Ants--Central America.

Ants.

Acacia--Ecology.

Central America.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (131 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

City of Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Online resource, PDF version; title from cover (SI, viewed September 9, 2018).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-131).

Other Format:

Print version: Janzen, Daniel H. Swollen-thorn acacias of Central America.

OCLC:

407125996