Multiphase myrmecochory: the roles of different ant species and effects of fire.
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...However, a considerable proportion of the 302 seeds that will be removed by ants are, in fact, removed soon after release from the parent plant 303 (Turnbill and Culver 1983, Beaumont et al. 2013) and seeds not dispersed by ants are at risk of 304 predation by rodents (Heithaus 1981)....
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...…maximum distances for arillate seed dispersal by ants in Australia include 4 m for Pultenaea daphnoides, 4.7 m for Daviesia triflora, 8.1 m for Acacia blakelyi, 77 m for chenopod species, and 180 m for Acacia ligulata (Beaumont et al. 2013; Davidson and Morton 1981; He et al. 2009; Whitney 2002)....
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...…factor that can influence the outcome of myrmecochory, as differences in body size, foraging behavior and locations where seeds are processed and deposited all have an effect on the distribution of seed dispersal (Andersen 1988; Beaumont et al. 2013; Gómez and Espadaler 1998, 2013; Ness 2004)....
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...1 m for Acacia blakelyi, 77 m for chenopod species, and 180 m for Acacia ligulata (Beaumont et al. 2013; Davidson and Morton 1981; He et al. 2009; Whitney 2002)....
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...The identity of dispersing ant species is another factor that can influence the outcome of myrmecochory, as differences in body size, foraging behavior and locations where seeds are processed and deposited all have an effect on the distribution of seed dispersal (Andersen 1988; Beaumont et al. 2013; Gómez and Espadaler 1998, 2013; Ness 2004)....
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...The composition of ant assemblages at any given habitat is known to influence seed dispersal services by ants (Zelikova and Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | www.frontiersin.org 5 October 2017 | Volume 5 | Article 132 Breed, 2008; Beaumont et al., 2013)....
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...Other species can also discard seeds from their nests (Beaumont et al., 2013), sometimes with the elaiosomes remaining intact on discarded seeds....
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...…addition, seeds discarded from nests often have their elaiosomes removed (Hughes and Westoby 1992a; Gorb and Gorb 2003; Canner et al. 2012), although some ant species discard seeds that still have residual elaiosome attached (Berg 1975; Lopez-Vila and Garcia-Fayos 2005; Servigne and Detrain 2010)....
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...For example, an uneven distribution of nutrients within elaiosomes (Bresinsky 1963) may result in incomplete elaiosome consumption (Servigne and Detrain 2010) or the toughness of elaiosome tissue may affect the ability of ants to completely remove elaiosomes....
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...Ant species retain seeds within their nests to varying degrees (Gomez et al. 2005; Servigne and Detrain 2010), while seeds taken out of nests can be placed on nest mounds (e.g. Davidson and Morton 1981), or relocated to sites some distance away from nest entrances (Berg 1975; Kjellsson 1985; Hughes…...
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...Even so, Berg (1975) noted that ‘some’ seeds of Dillwinia juniperina that were scattered around a R. tasmaniensis nest had residual elaiosomes, and Servigne and Detrain (2010) found that a proportion of seeds with elaiosomes can be discarded from nests because seed discarding rates were not…...
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...Myrmecochory is considered to be a mutualism because seed-dispersing ant colonies benefit from the lipid-rich elaiosomes (Morales and Heithaus 1998; Gammans et al. 2005), and plants can benefit in several ways by having their seeds dispersed (Beattie 1985; Giladi 2006; RicoGray and Oliveira 2007)....
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...2010) that is attractive to ants and facilitates seed dispersal by them (myrmecochory), (Beattie 1985)....
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...2005), and plants can benefit in several ways by having their seeds dispersed (Beattie 1985; Giladi 2006; RicoGray and Oliveira 2007)....
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...…ants play an important role in seed dispersal (Rico-Gray and Oliveira 2007), and approximately 11,000 plant species have seeds with a specialized appendage called the elaiosome (Lengyel et al. 2010) that is attractive to ants and facilitates seed dispersal by them (myrmecochory), (Beattie 1985)....
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