Ants are probably the most dominant insect group on Earth, representing ten to fifteen
percent of animal biomass in terrestrial ecosystems. Flowering plants, meanwhile, owe their …

This chapter is divided into two sections, the first dealing with the evolution of dispersal
mechanisms and the second with the consequences of dispersal at population and …

The increasing urban sprawl has contributed to the extensive fragmentation and reduction of
natural habitat worldwide. Urbanization has a range of adverse effects on ecosystem …

植物天然更新包括有种子搬运, 种子库动态, 种子萌发和幼苗定居等过程. 从种子生产到幼苗定居
的更新是植物生活史中最为敏感的阶段之一, 多种因素的影响种子和幼苗的命运. 其中包括:(1) …

This chapter summarizes research on seed dispersal vectors (water, wind and animals), and
the factors (including seed size and chemical composition, and plant habit) that determine …

Ants are often attracted to diaspores not adapted for dispersal by ants. These diaspores may
occasionally benefit from this interaction. We selected six nonmyrmecochorous plant …

Ants frequently interact with non-myrmecochorous diaspores on the ground in neotropical
savannas. Our objective was to quantify the removal rate of these diaspores by ants and …

Книга представляет собой обзор данных по биологии, экологии и функциональной
структуре лесных муравьев в их взаимодействии с основной средой обитания–лесным …

Ants are ecosystems engineers, keystone species and incredibly abundant worldwide. A
major cosmopolitan interaction between ants and plants is ant-mediated seed dispersal …

1 We explored geographical variation in the interaction between the elaiosome-bearing
seeds of Helleborus foetidus and ant dispersers. We looked for correlation across nine …