myrmecochory
Britishnoun
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"They often discard the remaining seed, which is not killed, either in the nest or in the soil around the nest...and this dispersal is known as myrmecochory."
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The suggest that myrmecochory may have driven a doubling of plant diversification.
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Prof Majer is the co-author of two previous studies on how certain ant species disperse seeds, a process known as myrmecochory.
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