Open AccessSeed‐Robbing between Ant Species Intervenes in the Myrmecochory of Euphorbia characias(Euphorbiaceae)
Author(s) -
Xavier Espadaler,
Crisanto Gómez,
David Suñrer
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
psyche a journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1687-7438
pISSN - 0033-2615
DOI - 10.1155/1995/37850
Subject(s) - biology , euphorbiaceae , myrmecophyte , botany , nectar , pollen
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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