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Myrmecochores can target high-quality disperser ants: variation in elaiosome traits and ant preferences for myrmecochorous Euphorbiaceae in Brazilian Caatinga.

Oecologia - 1 Feb 2014

Leal Laura Carolina, Lima Neto Mário Correia, de Oliveira Antônio Fernando Morais, Andersen Alan N, Leal Inara R

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Recent evidence suggests that the traditional view of myrmecochory as a highly diffuse interaction between diaspores and a wide range of ant species attracted to their elaiosomes may not be correct. The effectiveness of dispersal varies markedly among ant species, and combined with differential attractiveness of diaspores due to elaiosome size and composition, this raises the potential for myrmecochorous plants...

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PMID: 24085639
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2789-2

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