Results 21 to 30 of about 3,846,370 (282)

Extracellular Vesicles in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis: Current Understanding and Future Perspectives

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2023
The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis is an ancient and highly conserved mutualism between plant and fungal symbionts, in which a highly specialized membrane-delimited fungal arbuscule acts as the symbiotic interface for nutrient exchange and ...
Samuel Holland, Ronelle Roth
doaj   +1 more source

A Seed Dispersal Effectiveness framework across the mutualism-antagonism continuum [PDF]

, 2022
Many angiosperms rely on vertebrates for seed dispersal via gut passage, an interaction that has been traditionally classified as a mutualism. The seed dispersal effectiveness (SDE) framework provides a mechanistic approach to evaluate evolutionary and ...
Ecology and Biodiversity, Soons, Merel B., Nolet, B.A., Nolet, Bart A., Andy J. Green, Bakker, Elisabeth S., Mendoza sagrera, Irene, Elisabeth S. Bakker, Villar, Nacho, Bart A. Nolet, Patrick A. Jansen, Mendoza, Irene, Villar, Nacho [UNESP], Sagrera, Irene Mendoza, Van leeuwen, Casper H. A., Galetti, Mauro, Irene Mendoza Sagrera, Santamaría, Luis, Casper H. A. van Leeuwen, Green, Andy J., Nacho Villar, Mauro Galetti, Sub Ecology and Biodiversity, Luis Santamaría, Jansen, Patrick A., Merel B. Soons, Galetti, Mauro [UNESP], van Leeuwen, Casper H.A.   +27 more
core   +2 more sources

Predation success by a plant-ant indirectly favours the growth and fitness of its host myrmecophyte [PDF]

, 2013
Mutualisms, or interactions between species that lead to net fitness benefits for each species involved, are stable and ubiquitous in nature mostly due to "byproduct benefits" stemming from the intrinsic traits of one partner that generate an indirect ...
Roux, Olivier, Malé Pierre-Jean G., Lauth Jérémie, Leroy, Céline, Dejean, Alain, Rossi, V., Jérémie Lauth, Lauth, J., Orivel, J., Male, P. J. G., Céréghino, Régis, Céréghino Régis, Alain Dejean, Pierre-Jean G Malé, Malé, Pierre-Jean G., Vivien Rossi, Rossi, Vivien, Orivel Jérôme, Cereghino, R., Rossi Vivien, Lauth, Jérémie, Olivier Roux, Dejean Alain, Jérôme Orivel, Orivel, Jérôme, Dejean, A., Régis Céréghino, Roux Olivier, Céline Leroy, Leroy Céline   +29 more
core   +2 more sources

Evolution of pollination by frugivorous birds in Neotropical Myrtaceae [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
Bird pollination is relatively common in the tropics, and especially in the Americas. In the predominantly Neotropical tribe Myrteae (Myrtaceae), species of two genera, Acca and Myrrhinium, offer fleshy, sugary petals to the consumption of birds that ...
María Gabriela Nadra, Norberto Pedro Giannini, Juan Manuel Acosta, Lone Aagesen   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Honey bees as potential vectors of the invasive rust pathogen Austropuccinia psidii: nutritional mutualism and implications for pathogen spread [PDF]

NeoBiota
Myrtle rust fungus, Austropuccinia psidii (Basidiomycota, Pucciniales), infects more than 500 species in the Myrtaceae family and is a significant threat to keystone plant taxa, particularly in Australia.
Sacchi Shin-Clayton, Ashley N. Mortensen, Jacqueline R. Beggs, Max N. Buxton, Caroline Hauxwell, Marion F. Bateson, Mateusz Jochym, Geoff S. Pegg, David E. Pattemore   +8 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Cloning capacity helps seeds of Garcinia xanthochymus counter animal predation

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Seed predators have the potential to act as agents of natural selection that influence seed traits and seed fates, which in turn affect the whole plant population dynamic. Accordingly, plants deploy a variety of mechanisms (e.g., resistance and tolerance
Zhen‐yu Wang, Lin Cao, Chuan Yan, Yu‐da Niu, Kang Chong, Zhi‐bin Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ants mediate the structure of phytotelm communities in an ant-garden bromeliad [PDF]

, 2010
The main theories explaining the biological diversity of rain forests often confer a limited understanding of the contribution of interspecific interactions to the observed patterns.
Céréghino, Régis, Corbara, Bruno, Leroy, Céline, Dejean, Alain   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Ecological Impacts of Exotic Species on Native Seed Dispersal Systems: A Systematic Review

Plants, 2023
Exotic species are one of the main threats to biodiversity, leading to alterations in the structure and functioning of natural ecosystems. However, they can sometimes also provide ecological services, such as seed dispersal.
Sebastián Cordero, Francisca Gálvez, Francisco E. Fontúrbel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sniffing on Microbes: Diverse Roles of Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds in Plant Health

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2013
Secreted proteins and metabolites play diverse and critical roles in organismal and organism–environment interactions. Volatile organic compounds (VOC) can travel far from the point of production through the atmosphere, porous soils, and liquid, making ...
Vasileios Bitas, Hye-Seon Kim, Joan W. Bennett, Seogchan Kang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Strength and Drivers of Bird-Mediated Selection on Fruit Crop Size: A Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018
In seed-dispersal mutualisms, the number of fruit a plant displays is a key trait, as it acts as a signal for seed dispersers that entails fruit removal and exportation of reproductive units (fruit crop size hypothesis).
Facundo X. Palacio, Mariano Ordano
doaj   +1 more source