(A) Latency time (time elapsed between placing diaspores on the ground and the first interaction with ants) across different experimental treatments. (B) Number of ant species interacting with diaspore piles. Squares represent mean, boxes standard error and whiskers standard deviation), asterisk denotes significant differences (Paired t test—p < 0.001).</p
<p>A) Each bar shows the mean rate of brief antennal contacts, in interactions per second, of ants i...
Diaspore (e.g. seeds, fruits) dispersal is pivotal for plant communities and often involves several ...
Animal-plant interactions are important for the recovery of diversity and processes in secondary for...
Values represent the proportion of diaspore piles that each ant species was observed (N = 20).</p
Distribution of diaspore piles across eight treatment combinations, including two treatments simulat...
<p>(A) Mean average difference in the proportions of ants feeding at the two feeders during the whol...
<p>Mean (± SE) a) seed mass, b) elaiosome mass, and c) ratio of elaiosome to seed mass for seeds col...
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Ci...
<p>a) Index of ant impacts on number of seedlings recruiting based on seed addition experiments that...
<p>Treatments and sample times are low (triangles) and high (circles) ant attendance treatments samp...
The role of mutualisms in structuring communities is poorly understood, in large part because potent...
Ants frequently interact with non-myrmecochorous diaspores on the ground in neotropical savannas. Ou...
We used as a reference system the interactions between ants and plants (Figure S1). Ants are a domin...
Artificial fruits designed to simulate lipid-rich non-myrecochorous diaspores were used to test for ...
<p>Treatments and sample times are low (triangles) and high (circles) ant attendance treatments samp...
<p>A) Each bar shows the mean rate of brief antennal contacts, in interactions per second, of ants i...
Diaspore (e.g. seeds, fruits) dispersal is pivotal for plant communities and often involves several ...
Animal-plant interactions are important for the recovery of diversity and processes in secondary for...
Values represent the proportion of diaspore piles that each ant species was observed (N = 20).</p
Distribution of diaspore piles across eight treatment combinations, including two treatments simulat...
<p>(A) Mean average difference in the proportions of ants feeding at the two feeders during the whol...
<p>Mean (± SE) a) seed mass, b) elaiosome mass, and c) ratio of elaiosome to seed mass for seeds col...
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Ci...
<p>a) Index of ant impacts on number of seedlings recruiting based on seed addition experiments that...
<p>Treatments and sample times are low (triangles) and high (circles) ant attendance treatments samp...
The role of mutualisms in structuring communities is poorly understood, in large part because potent...
Ants frequently interact with non-myrmecochorous diaspores on the ground in neotropical savannas. Ou...
We used as a reference system the interactions between ants and plants (Figure S1). Ants are a domin...
Artificial fruits designed to simulate lipid-rich non-myrecochorous diaspores were used to test for ...
<p>Treatments and sample times are low (triangles) and high (circles) ant attendance treatments samp...
<p>A) Each bar shows the mean rate of brief antennal contacts, in interactions per second, of ants i...
Diaspore (e.g. seeds, fruits) dispersal is pivotal for plant communities and often involves several ...
Animal-plant interactions are important for the recovery of diversity and processes in secondary for...