A stochastic model of seed dispersal pattern to assess seed predation by ants in annual dry grasslands

No abstract is available for this paper.

• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Plant Ecology

• Publication date

  2005-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1007/s11258-004-3655-4
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• Dual role of harvesting ants as seed predators and dispersers of a non-myrmechorous Mediterranean perennial herb

  2004influential reference
• Indirect effects of granivory by harvester ants: plant species composition and reproductive increase near ant nests

  2004cited by this paper
• Spatial patterns of seed predation by harvester ants (Messor Forel) in Mediterranean grassland and scrubland

  2003influential reference
• A mechanistic examination of diversity‐stability relationships in annual plant communities

  2003cited by this paper
• Population stability is higher in more diverse annual plant communities

  2003cited by this paper
• Abundance and habitat segregation in Mediterranean grassland species: the importance of seed weight

  2002cited by this paper
• Seed predation by ants in south-eastern Spain (Desierto de Tabernas, Almería)

  2002influential reference
• Geographical variation in diaspore traits of an ant‐dispersed plant (Helleborus foetidus): are ant community composition and diaspore traits correlated?

  2002cited by this paper
• Vegetation of ant-hills in a mountain grassland:effects of mound history and of dominant ant species

  2001cited by this paper
• Size and lipid content of nonmyrmecochorous diaspores: effects on the interaction with litter-foraging ants in the Atlantic rain forest of Brazil

  2001cited by this paper
• Seed dispersal and germination patternsin a rare Mediterranean island endemic ( Anchusa crispa Viv., Boraginaceae)

  2000cited by this paper
• Seed drops and caches by the harvester ant Messor barbarus: do they contribute to seed dispersal in Mediterranean grasslands?

  2000influential reference
• Influence of nests of leaf-cutting ants on plant species diversity in road verges of northern Patagonia

  2000cited by this paper
• Seed preferences of the harvester Ant Messor barbarus in a mediterranean mosaic grassland (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

  2000cited by this paper
• Granivory in Southern South American Deserts: Conceptual Issues and Current Evidence

  2000cited by this paper
• Patterns of diversity and composition of Mediterranean ground ant communities tracking spatial and temporal variability in the thermal environment

  2000cited by this paper
• Ants as seed dispersers in a Mediterranean old-field succession

  1999cited by this paper
• Environmental Heterogeneity, Animal Disturbances, Microsite Characteristics, and Seedling Establishment in a Quercus havardii Community

  1999cited by this paper
• Interaction between ants and seeds of a nonmyrmecochorous neotropical tree, Cabralea canjerana (Meliaceae), in the Atlantic forest of southeast Brazil.

  1998cited by this paper
• Ants Create Hummocks and Alter Structure and Vegetation of a Montana Fen

  1998cited by this paper
• The role of ant nest-mounds in maintaining small-scale patchiness in dry grasslands in Central Germany

  1997cited by this paper
• On the spatial distribution of nests of the antsMessor arenariusandMessor ebeninus

  1997cited by this paper
• Effects of harvester ants on plant species distribution and abundance in a serpentine grassland

  1997cited by this paper
• Factors determining the spatial variability of seed densities in a shrub-steppe ecosystem: the role of harvester ants

  1996cited by this paper
• The species pool and its relation to species richness : evidence from Estonian plant communities

  1996cited by this paper
• THE INFLUENCE OF VEGETATION REMOVAL BY WESTERN HARVESTER ANTS (POGONOMYRMEX OWYHEEI) IN A RELICT AREA OF SAGEBRUSH-STEPPE IN CENTRAL OREGON

  1996cited by this paper
• First evidence of myrmecochory in fleshy-fruited shrubs of the Mediterranean region.

  1994cited by this paper
• Scale effects of vegetation on forager movement and seed harvesting by ants

  1994cited by this paper
• Competition and Biodiversity in Spatially Structured Habitats

  1994cited by this paper
• Removal of seeds from Neotropical frugivore droppings

  1993cited by this paper
• Granivory and competition as determinants of annual plant diversity in the Chihuahuan desert

  1992cited by this paper
• Activity pattern of harvester ants (Messor spp.) in the Negev desert ecosystem

  1992cited by this paper
• Ant nests as primary habitats ofSilybum marianum (Compositae)

  1990influential reference
• Ants, Cecropia and epiphytes.

  1990cited by this paper
• Vegetation associated with nest sites of western harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Cresson) in a semiarid grassland.

  1990cited by this paper
• Effects of Seed Predation by Ants on Seedling Densities at a Woodland Site in SE Australia

  1987cited by this paper
• The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics

  1986cited by this paper
• Les fourmis moissonneuses et la végétation de la Crau (Bouches-du-Rhône)

  1986cited by this paper
• Harvester ant foraging and plant species distribution in annual grassland

  1985cited by this paper
• Foraging strategies and recruitment behaviour in the European harvester ant Messor rufitarsis (F.)

  1985cited by this paper
• Sur la syntaxonomie des pelouses thérophytiques des territoires steppiques de l'Europe Sud-Occidentale

  1985cited by this paper
• Rates of seed removal by ants at heath and woodland sites in southeastern Australia

  1985cited by this paper
• The dynamics of seed harvesting in early successional communities by a tropical ant, Solenopsis geminata

  1984cited by this paper
• FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF THE HARVESTER ANT MESSOR ACICULATUS IN RELATION TO THE AMOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD

  1982cited by this paper
• Foraging specializations of individual seed-harvester ants

  1981influential reference
• A General Hypothesis of Species Diversity

  1979cited by this paper
• Diversity in tropical rain forests and coral reefs.

  1978cited by this paper
• Ant‐Gardens: The Interaction of Codonanthe Crassifolia (Gesneriaceae) and Crematogaster Longispina (Formicidae)

  1978cited by this paper
• Effects of the Mound Nests of the Ant, Formica obscuripes, on the Surrounding Vegetation

  1977cited by this paper
• The plant ecology of ant-hills in calcareous grasslands. 1. Patterns of species in relation to ant-hills in southern England.

  1977cited by this paper
• Species Diversity Gradients: Synthesis of the Roles of Predation, Competition, and Temporal Heterogeneity

  1976cited by this paper
• Les fourmis (Hymenoptera Formicidae) : d'Europe occidentale et septentrionale

  1968cited by this paper
• Some Methods for Strengthening the Common χ 2 Tests

  1954cited by this paper

• Dry grasslands of Sicily: Multi-taxon diversity and classification challenges

  2025cites this paper
• Robotic Monitoring of Habitats: The Natural Intelligence Approach

  2023cites this paper
• High Summer Temperatures Have No Role in Breaking Physical Dormancy Among Seeds of Fireprone Cistaceae: A Reinterpretation of Luna (2020)

  2021cites this paper
• High summer temperatures do not interact with fire to promote germination among seeds of Cistaceae: a reinterpretation of Luna (2020) with extra data on wet/dry conditions*

  2021cites this paper
• Anthills: stressor or opportunity for plant assemblage diversity? Evidence from Mediterranean Dasypyretum grasslands

  2021cites this paper
• Grasslands and Shrublands of the Mediterranean Region

  2020cites this paper
• Functional dispersion of wetland birds, invertebrates and plants more strongly influenced by hydroperiod than each other

  2020cites this paper
• Seed Predation by Owyhee Harvester Ants and the Potential of Seed Introductions in Recovery Efforts for Slickspot Peppergrass

  2019cites this paper
• Modification of Diet and Foraging Range by Harvester Ants in Response to Altered Seed Availability

  2018cites this paper
• Modification of Diet and Foraging Range by Harvester Ants in Response to Altered Seed Availability

  2018cites this paper
• Ellenberg Indicator Values for the vascular flora alien to Italy

  2018cites this paper
• A NEW NATURALIZED ALIEN PLANT IN SICILY: COTULA AUSTRALIS (SIEBER EX SPRENG.) HOOK. F. (Asteraceae) ON THE ACROPOLIS OF LIPARI ISLAND (AEOLIAN ARCHIPELAGO)

  2018cites this paper
• Biodiverse green roofs in Mediterranean climate. Input and lessons learned from Germany and Switzerland

  2017cites this paper
• Thirty years unmanaged green roofs: Ecological research and design implications

  2016cites this paper
• Selective Foraging by Pogonomyrmex salinus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Semiarid Grassland: Implications for a Rare Plant

  2016cites this paper
• A methodological protocol for Annex i Habitats monitoring: The contribution of vegetation science

  2016cites this paper
• hirty years unmanaged green roofs : Ecological research and design mplications

  2016cites this paper
• Bioclimatology and Vegetation Series in Sicily: A Geostatistical Approach

  2015cites this paper
• The sabulicolous therophytic associations in Sicily: new insights through the statistical approach, stressing the continuum versus discrete model of plant communities

  2015cites this paper
• What are the consequences of ant–seed interactions on the abundance of two dry-fruited shrubs in a Mediterranean scrub?

  2011cites this paper
• Annual dune plant communities in the Southwest coast of Europe

  2011cites this paper
• Linking traits of foraging animals to spatial patterns of plants: social and solitary ants generate opposing patterns of surviving seeds.

  2008cites this paper
• Foraging Strategy Quick Response to Temperature of Messor barbarus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Mediterranean Environments

  2008cites this paper
• High temperature and burial inhibit seed germination of two perennial Mediterranean Euphorbia species

  2007cites this paper
• Selective Foraging by Selective Foraging by Pogonomyrmex salinus (Hymenoptera: (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Semiarid Grassland: Implications for a Rare Plant Formicidae) in Semiarid Grassland: Implications for a Rare Plant

  year unknowncites this paper