Steep Decline and Cessation in Seed Dispersal by Myrmica rubra Ants. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Myrmecochorous diaspores bear a nutrient-rich appendage, the elaiosome, attractive to ant workers that retrieve them into the nest, detach the elaiosome and reject the seed intact.
Audrey Bologna, Claire Detrain
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Species, diaspore volume and body mass matter in gastropod seed feeding behavior. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Seed dispersal of ant-dispersed plants (myrmecochores) is a well studied ecosystem function. Recently, slugs have been found to act as seed dispersers of myrmecochores.
Manfred Türke, Wolfgang W Weisser
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Do the elaiosome and seed coat color affect the seed quality of Mabea fistulifera Mart? [PDF]
Journal of Seed Science: Mabea fistulifera Mart. (Euphorbiaceae) is a native tree recommended for the restoration of degraded areas. The objective was to evaluate the quality of M. fistulifera seed lots through germination and vigor tests. The germination test was conducted in
Vivian Silva Santos +4 more
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Signals can trump rewards in attracting seed-dispersing ants. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Both rewards and signals are important in mutualisms. In myrmecochory, or seed dispersal by ants, the benefits to plants are relatively well studied, but less is known about why ants pick up and move seeds.
Kyle M Turner, Megan E Frederickson
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Liang you shipin ke-ji, 2019 On the basis of single factor experiments, the process conditions of enzyme extraction of high oleic peanut elaiosome were optimized by response surface methodology (RSM) and the components of the elaiosome were analyzed.The results showed that the ...
ZHANG Li-xia +5 more
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Ants Disperse the Elaiosome-Bearing Eggs of an African Stick Insect [PDF]
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1991 S. G. Compton, A. B. Ware
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Are Local Filters Blind to Provenance? Ant Seed Predation Suppresses Exotic Plants More than Natives [PDF]
, 2014 The question of whether species’ origins influence invasion outcomes has been a point of substantial debate in invasion ecology. Theoretically, colonization outcomes can be predicted based on how species’ traits interact with community filters, a process
Bird, Benjamin B. +3 more
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Can Predation Pressure Help Explain the Curious Evolution of Ballistic Seed Dispersal? [PDF]
Ecol EvolABSTRACT Ballistic seed dispersal (ballochory) involves the autonomous explosive release of seeds from adult plants. The unconventional mechanics of this strategy have understandably drawn considerable scientific attention. The explosive release of seeds is achieved by a variety of physical mechanisms but broadly involves the rapid coiling or ...
Sharpe CR, Ruxton GD.
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Seed Dispersal as a Multiphase Process: Integrating Abiotic and Biotic Vectors Across Ecological Gradients. [PDF]
Ecol EvolRaccoon specimen, seed disperser through endozoochory. ABSTRACT Seed dispersal is a dynamic process through which diaspores (seeds or seed‐bearing fruits) are detached from the mother plant, transported to different sites in the landscape that offer physical protection, competitive advantages, or lower predation risk.
Rubalcava-Castillo FA +4 more
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Elaiosome-bearing plants from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands
Biodiversity and Conservation, 2021 The importance of many mutualistic interactions is poorly understood because information on their frequency and distribution at wide spatial scales is lacking. One such interaction is that between ants and plants bearing diaspores equipped with elaiosomes, which function as a reward for ants in exchange for dispersion.
Ana Ortega-Olivencia +3 more
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