Asynchrony between ant seed dispersal activity and fruit dehiscence of myrmecochorous plants.

Susan C C Gordon Shannon A Meadley-DunphyKirsten M PriorMegan E Frederickson

Published in: American journal of botany (2019)

Fruit dehiscence of myrmecochorous plants and peak ant seed dispersal activity occur asynchronously. Whether future climate warming will shift ant and plant phenologies in ways that have consequences for seed dispersal remains an open question.

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