Choosing benefits or partners: a review of the evidence for the evolution of myrmecochory
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...…is associated with reduced seed predation and better seed placement, both of which allow plants employing this strategy to produce fewer seeds (Giladi, 2006); but because ants do not disperse seeds very far from the source plant, myrmecochorous species are more prone to allopatric speciation…...
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...For instance, seed dispersal by ants (myrmecochory) is associated with reduced seed predation and better seed placement, both of which allow plants employing this strategy to produce fewer seeds (Giladi, 2006); but because ants do not disperse seeds very far from the source plant, myrmecochorous species are more prone to allopatric speciation (Lengyel et al....
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...They are not independent of each other, and their relative importance seems to vary across habitats (Giladi, 2006)....
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...However, efficient seed dispersal often involves very few of the ant species present in a given habitat, and the ants in that habitat clearly make choices among the available myrmecochorous seeds (reviewed by Giladi, 2006)....
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...Evolutionary aspects of seed dispersal by ants, in contrast, have been investigated only minimally (but cf. Giladi, 2006)....
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...Two guilds of ants have been recognized: one of poor-quality dispersers characterized by group-foraging granivores; the other of higher-quality dispersers characterized by solitary-foraging scavengers or omnivores attracted to the prey-like odors of the elaisome (Hughes & Westoby, 1992; Hughes et al., 1994; Giladi, 2006)....
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...Ant-mediated seed dispersal (myrmecochory) has been recorded in over 3000 plant species and more than 80 plant families (Giladi, 2006)....
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...Myrmecochory is the result of a co-evolutionary, mutualistic relationship in which the seed provides ants with a lipidrich nutritional resource, called an elaiosome, in return for which the ant collects and disperses the seed (BEATTIE 1985, GILADI 2006)....
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...Grandicalyx (‘genome K’lineage) Berg (1975), Westoby et al. (1990) AU 12 Seelanan et al. (1999), Liu et al. (2001) 96 Malvaceae Lasiopetalum, Hannafordia, Maxwellia, Thomasia, Guichenotia, Commersonia, Rulingia, Keraudrenia, Seringia Berg (1975), Westoby et al. (1990) AU 167 Whitlock et al. (2001) 97 Malvaceae Sterculia Gorb and Gorb (2003) PnT 150 Wilkie et al. (2006) 98 Marantaceae Calathea Horvitz and Beattie (1980), Beattie (1983) NT 257 N/A 99 Melanthiaceae Trillium Beattie and Culver (1981), Beattie (1983), Dahlgren et al. (1985) HA 38 Farmer and Schilling (2002) 100 Menyanthaceae Villarsia Mabberley (2008) AU 14 N/A 101 Myrtaceae Myrtus Ciccarelli et al. (2005) PA 2 N/A 102 Papaveraceae Corydalis, Dicentra, Adlumia, Dactylocapnos, Rupicapnos, Pseudofumaria, Cysticapnos Beattie and Culver (1981), Bond and Slingsby (1983) HA 384 Liden et al. (1997) 103 Papaveraceae Dendromecon Beattie (1983) NA 2 N/A 104 Papaveraceae Sanguinaria, Chelidonium, Eomecon, Macleaya, Bocconia, Hylomecon, Stylophorum Beattie and Culver (1981), van der Pijl (1982), Beattie (1983), Gorb and Gorb (2003) HA 99 Blattner and Kadereit (1999) 105 Penaeaceae Penaea, Brachysiphon, Endonema, Saltera, Stylapterus Bond and Slingsby (1983) PT 23 Rutschmann et al. (2004), Sytsma et al. (2004), Rutschmann et al. (2007) 106 Phyllanthaceae Breynia Berg (1975), Westoby et al. (1990) IM 35 Kathriarachchi et al. (2006) 107 Picrodendraceae Picrodendron, Micrantheum, Oldfieldia, Stachystemon, Aristogeitonia, Scagea Berg (1975), Westoby et al. (1990), Webster (1994), Wurdack et al. (2005), Sutter et al. (2006) OW 82 Tokuoka and Tobe (2006), Wurdack unpubl. fromWurdack et al. (2005) 108 Piperaceae Peperomia Beattie (1983) PnT 1600 109 Poaceae Chionachne Mabberley (2008) IM 9 Mathews et al. (2002) 110 Poaceae Cryptochloa, Rottboelia, Sieglingia, Triodia Beattie (1983), Mabberley (2008) PnT 79 N/A 111 Poaceae Melica Stebbins (1971), van der Pijl (1982), Beattie (1983) HA 80 Barker et al. (2001) 112 Polygalaceae Polygala, Bredemeyera, Muraltia, Nylandtia, Heterosamara, Salomonia, Comesperma, Monnina, Securidaca Berg (1975), Beattie (1983), Westoby et al. (1990), Forest et al. (2007) WW 910 Forest et al. (2007) 113 Portulacaceae Claytonia, Montia Beattie and Culver (1981), Beattie (1983), Mabberley (2008) NA 41 Applequist and Wallace (2001), Nyffeler (2007) 114 Primulaceae Cyclamen Beattie (1983), Mabberley (2008) PA 20 Anderberg et al. (2000) Table 1 (continued ) No Family Genera with myrmecochory Myrmecochory reference Geographic distributiona No. speciesb Phylogeny reference 115 Primulaceae Primula Stebbins (1971), van der Pijl (1982), Beattie (1983) HA 430 N/A 116 Proteaceae Grevillea Berg (1975), Westoby et al. (1990), Auld and Denham (1999) AU 260 Hoot and Douglas (1998), Barker et al. (2007) 117 Proteaceae Mimetes, Orothamnus, Leucospermum, Diastella, Sorocephalus, Spatalla, Paranomus, Vexatorella, Serruria, Leucadendron, Adenanthos Berg (1975), Protea Atlas Project (2007) PT 308 Hoot and Douglas (1998), Barker et al. (2002), Barker et al. (2007) 118 Ranunculaceae Anemone Beattie and Culver (1981), van der Pijl (1982), Beattie (1983) HA 120 Johansson and Jansen (1993) 119 Ranunculaceae Delphinium Beattie (1983) HA 250 Johansson and Jansen (1993) 120 Ranunculaceae Ficaria Weiss (1908), Gorb and Gorb (2003) PA 5 Paun et al. (2005) 121 Ranunculaceae Helleborus van der Pijl (1982), Beattie (1983), Manzaneda et al. (2007), Mabberley (2008) HA 20 Johansson and Jansen (1993) 122 Ranunculaceae Hepatica Beattie and Culver (1981), van der Pijl (1982), Beattie (1983) HA 20 N/A 123 Ranunculaceae Trollius, Adonis Beattie (1983) HA 55 Johansson and Jansen (1993) 124 Resedaceae Reseda Berg (1975), Peters et al. (2003) OW 65 Martin-Bravo et al. (2007) 125 Restionaceae Restio Berg (1975), Westoby et al. (1990) PT 88 Bremer (2002), Moline and Linder (2005) 126 Rhamnaceae Phylica, Trichocephalus Bond and Slingsby (1983) PT 151 Richardson et al. (2004) 127 Rhamnaceae Pomaderris, Spyridium, Trymalium, Siegfriedia, Cryptandra, Stenanthemum Berg (1975), Milewski and Bond (1982), Westoby et al. (1990; Boesewinkel (1999) AU 172 Richardson et al. (2004) 128 Rosaceae Aremonia Mabberley (2008) PA 1 N/A 129 Rosaceae Potentilla Gorb and Gorb (2003), Guillen et al. (2005) HA 330 N/A 130 Rubiaceae Opercularia, Pomax Westoby et al. (1990) AU 19 Andersson and Rova (1999), Anderson et al. (2001) 131 Rubiaceae Theligonium Mabberley (2008) PA 4 N/A 132 Rutaceae Asterolasia Auld (2001) AU 21 Mole et al. (2004) 133 Rutaceae Brombya Mabberley (2008) AU 2 N/A 134 Rutaceae Medicosma Mabberley (2008) AU 25 N/A 135 Rutaceae Phebalium, Microcybe Berg (1975), Westoby et al. (1990), Auld (2001) AU 31 Mole et al. (2004) 136 Santalaceae Thesium, Osyridicarpos Sernander (1906), Pilger (1935) OW 177 Der and Nickrent (2008) 137 Sapindaceae Cardiospermum Reynolds (1981) NT 61 Harrington et al. (2005) 138 Sapindaceae Dodonaea Berg (1975), Hughes and Westoby (1990), Jurado et al. (1991) PnT 70 Harrington et al. (2005) 139 Scrophulariaceae Melampyrum Weiss (1908), Stebbins (1971), van der Pijl (1982), Beattie (1983), Fischer (2004) PA 35 Wolfe et al. (2005), Bennett and Mathews (2006) 140 Scrophulariaceae Pedicularis Stebbins (1971), van der Pijl (1982), Beattie (1983), Fischer (2004) HA 350 Wolfe et al. (2005), Bennett and Mathews (2006) 141 Solanaceae Datura Beattie (1983) NA 11 Olmstead et al. (2008) 142 Solanaceae Markea Beattie (1983) NT 42 Olmstead et al. (2008) 143 Stemonaceae Stemona, Pentastemona, Croomia, Stichoneuron Dahlgren et al. (1985), Gorb and Gorb (2003), Rudall and Bateman (2006) IM 27 Caddick et al. (2002) 144 Tecophilaeaceae Cyanastrum Beattie (1983) PT 7 Chase et al. (2000) 145 Turneraceae Turnera Schappert and Shore (2000), Cuautle et al. (2005) NT 100 Truyens et al. (2005) 146 Urticaceae Parietaria Gorb and Gorb (2003), Mabberley (2008) WW 10 Sytsma et al. (2002) 147 Valerianaceae Fedia Beattie (1983) PA 3 Hidalgo et al. (2004) 148 Violaceae Rinorea Gorb and Gorb (2003) PnT 165 N/A 149 Violaceae Viola, Hybanthus Berg (1975), Beattie and Culver (1981)), van der Pijl (1982) WW 400 Tokuoka (2008) 150 Zingiberaceae Globba sect....
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...…provides the seed with protection from seed predators, a safe place for seed survival during unfavourable periods such as fires and/or a microsite rich in nutrients (see detailed reviews of these benefits in Beattie, 1983; Gorb and Gorb, 2003; Giladi, 2006; and Rico-Gray and Oliveira, 2007)....
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...Although the most recent estimates suggest that myrmecochory is present in more than 80 families (Giladi, 2006), there has been no systematic evaluation of the taxonomic, biogeographic and phylogenetic distribution of myrmecochory in angiosperm plants....
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...148 Violaceae Rinorea Gorb and Gorb (2003) PnT 165 N/A 149 Violaceae Viola, Hybanthus Berg (1975), Beattie and Culver...
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...Myrmecochory provides the seed with protection from seed predators, a safe place for seed survival during unfavourable periods such as fires and/or a microsite rich in nutrients (see detailed reviews of these benefits in Beattie, 1983; Gorb and Gorb, 2003; Giladi, 2006; and Rico-Gray and Oliveira, 2007)....
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..., 2009), plants that attract ants with a lipid-rich food body and rely on ants as their primary dispersal agent (Giladi, 2006)....
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...…ants are common (Willems & Huijsmans, 1994; Eisenhauer et al., 2008; Regnier et al., 2008), in tropical forests and savannahs where dung beetle diversity is greatest (Nichols et al., 2008), and regions where myrmecochores are concentrated (e.g., temperate deciduous forests: Giladi, 2006)....
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...The latter include an estimated 11000 species of myrmecochores (Lengyel et al., 2009), plants that attract ants with a lipid-rich food body and rely on ants as their primary dispersal agent (Giladi, 2006)....
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...The selection for or against mutualism may vary greatly across space and time if the context within which the interaction occurs vary as well (Bronstein 1994a, Thompson 1999)....
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...Based on the evidence available at the time, Beattie (1985) argued that the directed dispersal hypothesis was the best supported hypothesis, and it is still perceived as the leading hypothesis on the evolution of myrmecochory (Wenny 2001) even though it has been frequently challenged (Bond et al.…...
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...In this paper, I summarize the evidence in the literature for three major hypotheses (Beattie 1985) on the evolution of myrmecochory....
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...Beattie (1985) has also argued that evidence supporting the predator-avoidance hypothesis will be found mainly where seed predation by small mammals, which are assumed to be the main competitors of seed-dispersing ants, is dominant....
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