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Myrmecochory and short-term seed fate in Rhamnus alaternus: Ant species and seed characteristics

Acta Oecologica, 2009
Benefits conferred on plants in ant-mediated seed dispersal mutualisms (myrmecochory) depend on the fate of transported seeds. We studied the effects of elaiosome presence, seed size and seed treatment (with and without passage through a bird's digestive tract) on short-term seed fate in Rhamnus alaternus.
J.M. Bas, J. Oliveras, C. Gómez
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Effects of ants, ground beetles and the seed-fall patterns on myrmecochory of Erythronium japonicum Decne. (Liliaceae)

Oecologia, 1996
Erythronium japonicum (Liliaceae) inhabits deciduous mesic forests of Hokkaido, northern Japan. Myrmecochory of this species was investigated, especially the dispersal frequency, the effect of seed predators and the seed fall pattern. In the quadrat census using marked seeds of E.
Kyohsuke, Ohkawara, Seigo, Higashi, Masashi, Ohara   +2 more
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Extension of the primary dispersal distance through peduncle laying and elongation promotes myrmecochory in Japanese sedges

Plant Species Biology, 2023
Abstract Postfloral peduncle laying is regarded as an element of myrmecochorous syndrome, which is presumed to facilitate seed discovery by ants by presenting seeds on the ground. However, this presumption does not explain why the peduncles should lay down rather than dropping diaspores on the ground.
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The possible advantage of myrmecochory in diplochorous species: A test on two MediterraneanEuphorbiaspecies

Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, 2014
Myrmecochory commonly complements the advantages of ballistic dispersal in diplochorous species. We studied the role of the elaiosome in two populations of the two diplochorous Mediterranean spurges Euphorbia boetica and E. nicaeensis, which share an efficient ballistic dispersal mechanism followed by secondary removal by ants. They differ in elaiosome
E. Narbona, P. L. Ortiz, M. Arista
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Choosing benefits or partners: a review of the evidence for the evolution of myrmecochory

Oikos, 2006
Myrmecochory, or seed dispersal by ants, is a dispersal syndrome found among several thousand plant species occupying different ecosystems and geographical regions. Typically, ants benefit from consuming a lipid‐rich appendage on the seed and in return provide seed dispersal service to the plant.
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Petals may act as a reward: myrmecochory in shrubby Darwinia species of south‐eastern Australia

Austral Ecology, 2009
AbstractThe removal rates of fruits (the diaspore) were assessed in exclusion experiments in three shrubby species of Darwinia, endemic to the Sydney Basin of south‐eastern Australia. There was a clear pattern of fruit removal in just a few days by small species of ants from the genera Iridomyrmex, Crematogaster and Pheidole.
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Myrmecochory in Polygala vulgaris L., Luzula campestris (L.) DC. and Viola curtisii Forster in a Dutch dune area

Oecologia, 1989
Seed dispersal by ants in Polygala vulgaris, Luzula campestris and Viola curtisii was studied in a primary dune valley on the island of Terschelling, The Netherlands. Normally developed seeds of all three species are taken by the ants into their nests.
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myrmecochory, n.

2023
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Myrmecochory in Malaysian rain forest herbs (Globba, Zingiberaceae)

2003
Pfeiffer, Martin, Jamili Nais, K Eduard Linsenmair   +2 more
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Myrmecochory in the Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens L.)

Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 1983
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