Impact of seed abundance on seed processing and dispersal by the red ant Myrmica rubra

1. Myrmecochory sensu stricto is an ant–plant mutualism in which non‐granivorous ants disperse plant diaspores after feeding on their nutrient‐rich seed appendage, the elaiosome. Phenological traits associated with the diaspore can influence the behaviour of ants and thus their ultimate efficiency as seed dispersers.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Ecological Entomology

• Publication date

  2018-12-26

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/een.12713
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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