Seed dispersal and germination patternsin a rare Mediterranean island endemic ( Anchusa crispa Viv., Boraginaceae)

By Angélique Quilichini, M. Debussche. 2000

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Dual role of harvesting ants as seed predators and dispersers of a non-myrmechorous Mediterranean perennial herb (2004, background): “2), as has been described in other species without specific traits for seed dispersal (Quilichini and Debussche 2000).”
ANT BODY SIZE PREDICTS DISPERSAL DISTANCE OF ANT‐ADAPTED SEEDS: IMPLICATIONS OF SMALL‐ANT INVASIONS (2004, background): “Seed removal rates can be decreased in sites with mostly small (Pudlo et al. 1980) and/or invasive ants (Bond and Slingsby 1984, Horvitz and Schemske 1986, Christian 2001), although this is not always the case (Quilichini and Debussche 2000; this study).”
The Effects of Invasive Ants on Prospective Ant Mutualists (2004, background): “However, Ness (2004) found no difference in seed collection rates between S. invicta-invaded and non-invaded sites, and similar results have been reported for some L. humile-invaded sites (Quilichini and Debussche 2000; Gomez and Oliveras 2003).”
Origin of Mediterranean insular endemics in the Boraginales: integrative evidence from molecular dating and ancestral area reconstruction (2009, background): “…recent colonization of Corsica by A. crispa was probably facilitated by a drop in sea level during the Pleistocene glacial maxima (Ehlers & Gibbard, 2004) and by the ability of the seeds to float (occasional thalassochory) and germinate after immersion in seawater (Quilichini & Debussche, 2000).”