Rattan Spiny Morphology And Litter Collecting Structures In Association With Ant Colonies

• Main Author: Kunpeng, Liu
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation, geographical distribution)
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/48160/1/Liu%20Kunpeng%20cut.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/48160/

Rattan is a common palm in Malaysian forests but rarely known except for their economic values in furniture or matting products. Many rattan species possess a great number of spines arrangement in various patterns. However, few studies have looked into the different aspects of those spiny structures...