Tree richness affects ground‐ant diversity and seed dispersal in a tropical biodiversity–ecosystem function experiment

A Dantas, TAV Dantas, G Ganade, CR Fonseca - Oikos, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The global loss of plant diversity is expected to have reverberating effects on other trophic
levels, affecting the structure and functioning of ecosystems. To understand such effects …

Evaluation of seed‐dispersal services by ants at a temperate pasture: Results of direct observations in an ant suppression experiment

M Konečná, A Lisner, P Blažek, P Pech… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ants disperse seeds of many plant species adapted to myrmecochory. While advantages of
this ant–plant mutualism for myrmecochorous plants (myrmecochores) have been previously …

Effects of anthropogenic disturbances on diaspore removal by ants: A meta-analysis

K Bona, JHC Delabie, E Cazetta - Acta Oecologica, 2023 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic changes in natural landscapes are identified as a major driver of biodiversity
loss worldwide. Consequently, important ecosystem functions, such as seed dispersal by …