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The floristic composition and distribution of mature plants, seedlings, and soil-seed material in both ant territories and territory borders between colonies of two ant species, Lasius fuliginosus and Formica polyctena, were compared in a deciduous forest in central Ukraine. Additional seed samples were taken from ant nests. Workers of both species collect seeds of myrmecochores, but only individuals...
In a deciduous forest, foraging ants collect elaiosome-bearing seeds and carry them to their nests. Some of the seeds reach the nest and are concentrated there. Others may be dropped by ants during transport. The dropped seeds enter the soil seed pool. However, they might be repeatedly removed by other ant individuals and carried again in the direction of the nest. Rates of seed dropping and...
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