Myrmecochory (i (sometimes `Myrmechory`); from Greek myrmeco-: `ant`s` + -chory: `dispersal`) is seed dispersal by ants, an ecologically significant ant-plant interaction with worldwide distribution. Myrmecochorous plants produce seeds with elaiosomes, a term encompassing various external appendages or `food bodies` rich in lipids, amino ...
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(from the article `seed and fruit`) ...(Lasius, Myrmica, and Formica species) eat the fleshy, edible appendage (the fat body or elaiosome) of certain specialized seeds, which they ...
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myrmecochore, myrmecochorous, myrmecochory Dispersed by the agency of ants; such as, the dispersal of seeds by ants stimulated by nutritive bodies (elaiosomes) or special seed attractants.
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myrmecochore, myrmecochory, myrmecochorous The dispersal of plants or seeds through the agency of ants.
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