Add to ORKGMany epiphytic plants have associated with ants to gain nutrients. Here, we report a novel type of ant-plant symbiosis in Fiji where one ant species actively and exclusively plants the seeds and fertilizes the seedlings of six species of Squamellaria (Rubiaceae). Comparison with related facultative ant plants suggests that such farming plays a key role in mutualism stability by mitigating the critical re-establishment step
Diverse forms of cultivation have evolved across the tree of life. Efficient farming requires that t...
Mutualism can evolve when organisms make novel connections that happen to benefit all parties. When ...
Anthropogenic disturbance and the spread of non-native species disrupt natural communities, but also...
Many epiphytic plants have associated with ants to gain nutrients. Here, we report a novel type of a...
Outside humans, true agriculture was previously thought to be restricted to social insects farming f...
Ant-plant symbioses are complex between-species interactions found only in the tropical environment....
Ecological research on ant/plant symbioses in Fiji, combined with molecular phylogenetics, has broug...
Ant-gardens (AGs) are ant/plant mutualisms in which ants farm epiphytes in return for nest space and...
Ecological research on ant/plant symbioses in Fiji, combined with molecular phylogenetics, has broug...
Symbiotic mutualisms between ants and plants are those in which ants provide protection from herbivo...
International audienceMyrmecophytic symbioses are widespread in tropical ecosystems and their divers...
Squamellaria is a genus of epiphytic Rubiaceae which has been domesticated by ants on the Fiji islan...
Many organisms participate in symbiotic relationships with other organisms, yet studies of symbioses...
Arboreal ant communities are primarily structured by interactions among ant species, food availabili...
Arboreal ant communities are primarily structured by interactions among ant species, food availabili...
Diverse forms of cultivation have evolved across the tree of life. Efficient farming requires that t...
Mutualism can evolve when organisms make novel connections that happen to benefit all parties. When ...
Anthropogenic disturbance and the spread of non-native species disrupt natural communities, but also...
Many epiphytic plants have associated with ants to gain nutrients. Here, we report a novel type of a...
Outside humans, true agriculture was previously thought to be restricted to social insects farming f...
Ant-plant symbioses are complex between-species interactions found only in the tropical environment....
Ecological research on ant/plant symbioses in Fiji, combined with molecular phylogenetics, has broug...
Ant-gardens (AGs) are ant/plant mutualisms in which ants farm epiphytes in return for nest space and...
Ecological research on ant/plant symbioses in Fiji, combined with molecular phylogenetics, has broug...
Symbiotic mutualisms between ants and plants are those in which ants provide protection from herbivo...
International audienceMyrmecophytic symbioses are widespread in tropical ecosystems and their divers...
Squamellaria is a genus of epiphytic Rubiaceae which has been domesticated by ants on the Fiji islan...
Many organisms participate in symbiotic relationships with other organisms, yet studies of symbioses...
Arboreal ant communities are primarily structured by interactions among ant species, food availabili...
Arboreal ant communities are primarily structured by interactions among ant species, food availabili...
Diverse forms of cultivation have evolved across the tree of life. Efficient farming requires that t...
Mutualism can evolve when organisms make novel connections that happen to benefit all parties. When ...
Anthropogenic disturbance and the spread of non-native species disrupt natural communities, but also...