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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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THE ECOLOGY OF MUTUALISM [PDF]
, 1982 Elementary ecology texts tell us that organisms interact in three fundamen tal ways, generally given the names competition, predation, and mutualism. The third member has gotten short shrift (264), and even its name is not generally agreed on.
Boucher, Douglas H. +2 more
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Discussion of development processes in insect-fungus association derived from the shaggy parasol fruiting on the nests of hairy wood ants [PDF]
, 2019 1. Chlorophyllum rhacodes, typically regarded as a rich grassland or open forest “mush‐room” species, was found fruiting abundantly on nests of Formica lugubris, occurring in a Pinus silvestris plantation.
Fraser, Douglas
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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Plants are shifting their flowering phenology in response to climate change, but trends differ between species and communities. Functional traits can largely explain how different species respond to climate change by shifting their phenology, and can therefore help ...
Daniel Pareja‐Bonilla +3 more
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Інтродукція Рослин, 2022 Gymnospermium odessanum is a rare relict endemic plant species. The research was carried out during G. odessanum flowering in 2019–2021 at the botanical-geographical plot “Steppes of Ukraine” of the M.M.
Victoria Gritsenko
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Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.We evaluated how chronic anthropogenic disturbances (CAD) and seasonal variation influence interactions between ants and plants with extrafloral nectaries (EFN's), with emphasis on the responses of ants, herbivores, and plants. Ant and herbivore diversity remained stable across seasons in the preserved cerrado, whereas the pasture had higher ant ...
Edvânia Costa de Oliveira Sá +6 more
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Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Ant‐flower interactions are prevalent in many ecosystems, yet their ecological significance remains poorly understood, particularly in isolated systems like the Galapagos Islands, where unique biotic assemblages create distinct interaction networks.
Alejandro Mieles +2 more
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Physiological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, Page 29-39, March 2026.Colour‐coded perlites were treated with specific fatty acids or mono‐, di‐ or triglycerides as perlite pickup cues for laboratory and field colonies of western carpenter ants. In laboratory and field experiments, ant colonies were offered multiple choices of these colour‐coded lipid‐treated perlites for pickup and transport to the nest.
Asim Renyard +5 more
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Seed dispersal distances: a typology based on dispersal modes and plant traits [PDF]
, 2007 The ability of plants to disperse seeds may be critical for their survival under the current constraints of landscape fragmentation and climate change.
Engler, R., Vittoz, P.
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Seed fossil record of Solanaceae revisited
TAXON, Volume 75, Issue 1, Febuary 2026.Abstract The fossil record for Solanaceae has a complex taxonomic history, with many species originally described in the family being subsequently shown to belong in other plant families. In this work, we present an in‐depth analysis of the nightshade seed fossil record, which corresponds to the largest amount of fossil material for the family.
Rocío Deanna +14 more
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