Chemical differences between seeds and elaiosomes indicate an adaptation to nutritional needs of ants

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 539-547

  Fischer, Renate C ^a   Richter, Andreas ^a   Hadacek, Franz ^a   Mayer, Veronika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ant plant interaction; Elaiosome; Myrmecochory; Nutrients; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; STARCH; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID; ANT; CARBOHYDRATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LIPID; MYRMECOCHORY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PROTEIN; SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; STARCH;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SYMBIOSIS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; STARCH; SYMBIOSIS;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 41149118588     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0931-8     Document Type: Article

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