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last updated 23.Nov.2007


Ant-Plant Interactions


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Specialized ant-plants

Azteca - Cecropia

Azteca -Cecropia

Azteca - Cecropia

Azteca - Cecropia

Azteca - Cecropia

Azteca - Cecropia

Azteca -Cecropia

Cecropia tree

Cecropia tree, Mullerian Bodies

Panamanian Ant-Acacia

Panamanian Ant-Acacia

Panamanian Ant-Acacia

Pseudomyrmex-Acacia

Pseudomyrmex-Acacia

Pseudomyrmex-Acacia

Pseudomyrmex-Acacia

Pseudomyrmex-Acacia

Pseudomyrmex-Acacia

Pseudomyrmex-Acacia

Pseudomyrmex-Acacia

Pseudomyrmex-Acacia

Pseudomyrmex-Acacia

Acacia beltian bodies

Tetraponera-Acacia

Tetraponera-Acacia

Pheidole - Tococa

Pheidole - Tococa

Pheidole - Tococa

Hydnophytum ant-plant

Philidris - Myrmecodia

Myrmecodia ant-plant

Myrmecodia  ant-plant

Nectaries

Pachycondyla 
extra-floral
nectary

Formica, 
floral nectary

Dolichoderus
extra-floral nectary

Anonychomyrma sp.

Forelius maccooki

Crematogaster opuntiae

Pseudomyrmex extra-floral nectary

Ectatomma at extra-floral nectary

Paratrechina longicornis

Paratrechina longicornis

Ectatomma tuberculatum

Pollination

Formica ant
pollination

Leptothorax ant 
pollination

Podomyrma ant 
pollination

Seed dispersal

Monomorium kilianii

Meranoplus unicolor

Messor lariversi

Pogonomyrmex maricopa

Pogonomyrmex maricopa

Messor andrei


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