Andrew J. Beattie

TL;DR: The data show that habitat disturbance, in disrupting the ant fauna and hence the ant-seed mutualism, has profound effects upon population density, dispersion and patterns of reproduction.

TL;DR: It is shown that prioritizing areas for conservation based on the presence of flagship species results in the selection of areas with ~79-89% of the total species that would be selected by maximizing biodiversity representation only, which provides strong evidence that prudently selected flagships can both raise funds for conservation and help target where these resources are best spent to conserve biodiversity.

TL;DR: While mutualism is thought to be a common type of species interaction, there is still little evidence for this belief.

TL;DR: The vegetation and soil chemistry of 15 abandoned mounds of Formica canadensis were compared to control quadrats in a meadow at 2900 m near Gothic, Colorado, USA.

TL;DR: This work reports the first well-documented case of myrmecochory, seed dispersal by ants, for wet tropical rain forest floor herbs, and investigates how inconspicuous plant-animal interactions affect tropical ecosystem diversity.