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Adaptive advantages ofmyrmecochory: the predator-avoidance hypothesis tested over a wide geographic range.
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Choosing benefits or partners: a review of the evidence for the evolution ofmyrmecochory.
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The common syndrome traits formyrmecochoryare elaisomes, and are often hard and difficult to damage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Seeds dispersed by ants (myrmecochory) are not only dispersed to short distances but are also buried underground by the ants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Seed dispersal by ants ("myrmecochory") is a dispersal mechanism of many shrubs of the southern hemisphere or understorey herbs of the northern hemisphere.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some plants have their seeds dispersed by ants, a phenomenon calledmyrmecochory.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They have diaspores with fleshy appendages indicating dispersal by birds, including the red wattlebird, and ants (myrmecochory).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As it looks since the seeds have such structure, they are dispersed throughmyrmecochory.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most spring ephemerals are insect-pollinated, and the seeds themselves are often transported by ants, a mode of dispersal known asmyrmecochory.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The presence of an aril suggests dispersion of seeds by ants (myrmecochory), once they have been expelled by the fruit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Myrmecochoryis the dispersal of seeds by ants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Myrmecochoryis thus a coevolved mutualistic relationship between plants and seed-disperser ants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.No single hypothesis explains the evolution and persistence ofmyrmecochory.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A recent phylogenetic study identified more than 100 separate origins ofmyrmecochoryin 55 families of flowering plants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its carunculate seeds are usually dispersed by ants (myrmecochory) attracted by the edible elaiosome.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Seed dispersal by ants ormyrmecochoryis widespread and new estimates suggest that nearly 9% of all plant species may have such ant associations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Understanding these interactions would help clarify ifmyrmecochorydid evolve seed dispersal syndromes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These findings identifymyrmecochoryas a prime example of convergent evolution.
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