Seed desiccation limits removal by ants

Ants collect and disperse seeds that bear an attractive nutritive body called the elaiosome. In mesic habitats, many myrmecochorous plant species have elaiosomes that are usually soft and desiccation-sensitive. The aim of this study was to link the desiccation rate of two species of seeds ( Chelidon...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Arthropod-plant interactions 2009-12, Vol.3 (4), p.225-232
Hauptverfasser:	Servigne, Pablo, Detrain, Claire
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ants Attraction Behavioral Sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences Chelidonium majus Desiccation Ecology Entomology Invertebrates Life Sciences Myrica rubra Myrmecochory Original Paper Plant Pathology Plant Sciences Plant species Rehydration Seeds Viola odorata Weight
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