Seed-Robbing between Ant Species Intervenes in the Myrmecochory of Euphorbia characias (Euphorbiaceae)
A case of interference competition in which some ant species (Messor barbarus and Aphaenogaster senilis) rob seeds of Euphorbia characias from other ants (especially Tapinoma nigerrimum) is reported. Seed robbing is here regarded as a possible natural impediment to myrmecochory as it may interfere w...
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| author | Xavier Espadaler Crisanto Gómez David Suñrer |
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| description | A case of interference competition in which some ant species (Messor barbarus and Aphaenogaster senilis) rob seeds of Euphorbia characias from other ants (especially Tapinoma nigerrimum) is reported. Seed robbing is here regarded as a possible natural impediment to myrmecochory as it may interfere with the seedling recruitment process of the myrmecochorous plant. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ce777a95d70542118b63b30b73d754042025-02-03T05:46:52ZengWileyPsyche: A Journal of Entomology0033-26151687-74381995-01-011021-2192510.1155/1995/37850Seed-Robbing between Ant Species Intervenes in the Myrmecochory of Euphorbia characias (Euphorbiaceae)Xavier Espadaler0Crisanto Gómez1David Suñrer2C.R.E.A.F., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, SpainDepartament de Ciències Ambienlats, Universitat de Girona Plaça Hospital, 6., Girona 17001, SpainDepartament de Ciències Ambienlats, Universitat de Girona Plaça Hospital, 6., Girona 17001, SpainA case of interference competition in which some ant species (Messor barbarus and Aphaenogaster senilis) rob seeds of Euphorbia characias from other ants (especially Tapinoma nigerrimum) is reported. Seed robbing is here regarded as a possible natural impediment to myrmecochory as it may interfere with the seedling recruitment process of the myrmecochorous plant.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1995/37850 |
| spellingShingle | Xavier Espadaler Crisanto Gómez David Suñrer Seed-Robbing between Ant Species Intervenes in the Myrmecochory of Euphorbia characias (Euphorbiaceae) Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| title | Seed-Robbing between Ant Species Intervenes in the Myrmecochory of Euphorbia characias
(Euphorbiaceae) |
| title_full | Seed-Robbing between Ant Species Intervenes in the Myrmecochory of Euphorbia characias
(Euphorbiaceae) |
| title_fullStr | Seed-Robbing between Ant Species Intervenes in the Myrmecochory of Euphorbia characias
(Euphorbiaceae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seed-Robbing between Ant Species Intervenes in the Myrmecochory of Euphorbia characias
(Euphorbiaceae) |
| title_short | Seed-Robbing between Ant Species Intervenes in the Myrmecochory of Euphorbia characias
(Euphorbiaceae) |
| title_sort | seed robbing between ant species intervenes in the myrmecochory of euphorbia characias euphorbiaceae |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1995/37850 |
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