Ants affect the distribution and performance of seedlings of Clusia criuva, a primarily bird‐dispersed rain forest tree

By Luciana Passos, P. Oliveira. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Transition probabilities from pollination to establishment in a rare dioecious shrub species (Rhamnus ludovici‐salvatoris) in two habitats (2003, background): “Some secondary seed dispersal by ants is not discarded, although Crematogaster and Pheidole are not efficient dispersers for this or other plant species (Bas 2001; Passos & Oliveira 2002 ).”
Interactions between ants, fruits and seeds in a restinga forest in south-eastern Brazil (2003, background): “Recent studies have shown that secondary dispersal by invertebrates in tropical forests may benefit seeds by providing a suitable site for germination or establishment (Passos 2001, Passos & Oliveira 2002), or remove seeds from zones of high predation risk (Andresen 1999, Pizo & Oliveira 1998).”
Birds and ants provide complementary seed dispersal in a neotropical savanna (2010, unknown): “Indeed, the fact that Xylopia seedlings were only found growing in refuse piles of ant nests (mostly of ponerines) suggests that ants act as secondary directed dispersers and drive diaspores to their nests following long-distance dispersal by birds (see Passos & Oliveira 2002, 2004).”
The role of ants in the removal of non-myrmecochorous diaspores and seed germination in a neotropical savanna (2007, background): “The ink mark has no detectable effect on ant behaviour (Passos & Oliveira 2002).”
Choosing benefits or partners: a review of the evidence for the evolution of myrmecochory (2006, background): “In systems where ants are secondary seed dispersers, if dispersal distances by ants are dwarfed by distances seeds traveled earlier (Levey and Byrne 1993, Passos and Oliveira 2002), then ants may benefit plants by providing directed dispersal and/or escape from natural enemies.”
An update of the world survey of myrmecochorous dispersal distances (2013, background): “…Morrison 1998, Whitney 2002, Gove et al. 2007, Parr et al. 2007, Beaumont et al. 2009, He et al. 2009, Lubertazzi et al. 2010), Brazil (Passos and Ferreira 1996, Leal and Oliveira 1998, Passos and Oliveira 2002, Espirito-Santo 2007, Leal et al. 2007), and Madagascar (B ö hning-Gaese et al. 1999).”