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Signals Can Trump Rewards in Attracting Seed-Dispersing Ants
Both rewards and signals are important in mutualisms. In myrmecochory, or seed dispersal by ants, the benefits to plants are relatively well studied, but less is known about why ants pick up and move seeds. We examined seed dispersal by the ant Aphaenogaster rudis of four co-occurring species of pla...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3742508/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23967257 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071871 |