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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"myrmecochory"”.
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Interactions between ants and diaspores of flowering plants (myrmecochory) in Sicily (Southern Italy): an important ecosystem function of the Mediterranean basin
Almeno 11.500 specie esistenti (e forse il doppio) di piante a fiore della divisione Angiospermae, stringono rapporti di mutualismo (obbligato o facoltativo) in habitat diversi su tutti i continenti ad eccezione dell Antartide, attraverso le loro diaspore sessuali (semi o frutti + appendici esterne …
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Systematics and evolutionary ecology of Osteospermum section Polygalinae DC
… putatively including species that employ myrmecochory (dispersal by ants). Myrmecochory is thought to be exceptionally prevalent in the species-rich Fynbos Biome and has gained interest as a possible driver of speciation due to short dispersal distances limiting gene flow and possible …
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Rodents and Restionaceae : sex-specific plant-animal interactions in dioecious plants
… and reducing the rate of seed dispersal by ants (myrmecochory). I studied the physiological effects of culm-felling by Rhabdomys in C. congesta. Firstly I investigated nutrient resorption from senescing culms and considered the effects of reproductive effort (higher in females) and sex-specific …
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Consequences of interaction between the native ant community and an invasive plant (Euphorbia esula)
… and (2) how both the ant and plant benefit from myrmecochory (ant-mediated seed dispersal). My research had three main objectives: (1) examine the role native ants play in invasive E. esula seed dispersal, with an emphasis placed on whether Formica ants act as directed dispersers and provide a …
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Global change effects on ant-mediated seed dispersal
… of ant-mediated seed dispersal mutualisms, myrmecochory. My next two chapters (Chapters 2 and 3) explored the effects of reconnecting fragmented habitat patches with corridors in restored longleaf pine savanna systems in South Carolina. We used a landscape scale experiment to investigate how …