Evaluation of seed‐dispersal services by ants at a temperate pasture: Results of direct observations in an ant suppression experiment [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Ants disperse seeds of many plant species adapted to myrmecochory. While advantages of this ant–plant mutualism for myrmecochorous plants (myrmecochores) have been previously studied in temperate region mostly in forests, our study system was a pasture ...
Marie Konečná +4 more
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Ecology of fear: predator avoidance reduces seed dispersal in an ant [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2023 The ecology of fear refers to the non-fatal cost that predators and parasites impose on prey populations. These non-consumptive effects (NCEs) can influence animal–plant interactions, but evidence thereof comes mainly from vertebrate systems with less ...
Dumas Gálvez
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Seed Dispersal by Ants in Three Early-Flowering Plants [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Interactions between ants and plants vary from being occasionally beneficial to neutral and negative. Ant-mediated dispersal of obligatory myrmecochorous plants is considered mutualistic interaction, providing benefits to plants in terms of seed ...
Pavol Prokop +2 more
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Odor of achlorophyllous plants’ seeds drives seed‐dispersing ants [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Seed dispersal by ants is an important means of migration for plants. Many myrmecochorous plants have specialized appendages in their seeds called elaiosome, which provides nutritional rewards for ants, and enable effective seed dispersal.
Mikihisa Yamada +2 more
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Exploring the vegetation of the coastal road in Puerto Cisnes, southern Chile: a vascular plant inventory [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 In areas of low disturbance, such as the Aysén Region of Chile, the presence of roads can inadvertently facilitate the spread of invasive species. To address this issue, it is imperative to maintain up-to-date biological inventories, as they serve as a ...
Jimmy Pincheira-Ulbrich
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Ant-mediated seed dispersal in a warmed world [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Climate change affects communities both directly and indirectly via changes in interspecific interactions. One such interaction that may be altered under climate change is the ant-plant seed dispersal mutualism common in deciduous forests of eastern ...
Katharine L. Stuble +5 more
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A Switch in Keystone Seed-Dispersing Ant Genera between Two Elevations for a Myrmecochorous Plant, Acacia terminalis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The dispersal capacity of plant species that rely on animals to disperse their seeds (biotic dispersal) can alter with changes to the populations of their keystone dispersal vectors. Knowledge on how biotic dispersal systems vary across landscapes allows
Fiona J Thomson +3 more
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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1995 A case of interference competition in which some ant species (Messor barbarus and Aphaenogaster senilis) rob seeds of Euphorbia characias from other ants (especially Tapinoma nigerrimum) is reported.
Xavier Espadaler +2 more
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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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Reversing functional extinction of mammals prompts a rethink of paradigms about seed fate in arid Australia [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Functional extinction of once abundant species has frequently preceded understanding of their ecological roles. Consequently, our understanding of ecosystems is prone to shifting baselines because it often relies on observations made on depauperate ...
Charlotte H. Mills, Mike Letnic
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