Larger Seeds are Dispersed Farther: the Long-Distance Seed Disperser ant Aphaenogaster famelica Prefers Larger Seeds

Larger Seeds are Dispersed Farther: the Long-Distance Seed Disperser ant Aphaenogaster famelica Prefers Larger Seeds

Seed dispersal by ants (myrmecochory) is an important life phase in flowering herbs of temperate deciduous forests, and long dispersal is basically preferable in terms of plant fitness. Although it is known that larger ants transport seeds farther, previous studies conflicted whether larger seeds a...

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Main Authors: Satobu Takahashi, Takao Itino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2015-08-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
Myrmecochory
plant-animal interaction
Pheidole
seed dispersal
Viola
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/888

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