Convergent evolution of an ant-plant mutualism across plant families, continents and time

Questions: How often has dispersal of seeds by ants evolved in monocots and is the timing of origins associated with changes in the ant community or instead with the rise of forests? Are patterns in the origin of elaiosomes (the trait associated with the dispersal of seeds by ants) through time simi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Majer, Jonathan, Dunn, R., Gove, A., Barraclough, T., Givnish, T.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27347