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DOI	10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.05.002
	Exploring the vegetation: Seed harvester ants climb and remove seeds from a giant cactus in a semiarid environment
	Luna, Pedro 1; Anjos, Diego 2; Garcia-Chavez, Juan H.3; Dattilo, Wesley 1
通讯作者	Luna, Pedro
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
ISSN	0140-1963
EISSN	1095-922X
出版年	2018
卷号	156 页码:106-109
英文摘要	The red harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) was observed in situ for the first time climbing and directly removing seeds from different individuals of the giant cactus Neobuxbaumia tetetzo in a Neotropical semiarid environment in central Mexico. Here, we explain how this harvester ant species, by overcoming a vertical barrier (reaching up 3.46 m), has amplified the two-dimensional spatial dimensions in which its worker ants may forage. We discuss the ecological traits that could drive this unusual behavior and its possible implications for the cactus.
英文关键词	Behavioral flexibility Fructification Cactaceae Granivory Pogonomyrmex Tehuacan-cuicatlan
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Mexico ; Brazil
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000439682400013
WOS关键词	FORAGING ECOLOGY ; POGONOMYRMEX ; DESERT ; PLANT ; DIET
WOS类目	Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/210575
作者单位	1.Inst Ecol AC, Red Ecoetol, Antigua Carretera Coatepec 351, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico; 2.Univ Sao Paulo, Programa Posgrad Entomol, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil; 3.Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Ciencias Biol, Lab Hist Nat, Ciudad Univ,Edificio 112A,Av San Claudio S-N, Puebla 72570, Mexico
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Luna, Pedro,Anjos, Diego,Garcia-Chavez, Juan H.,et al. Exploring the vegetation: Seed harvester ants climb and remove seeds from a giant cactus in a semiarid environment[J],2018,156:106-109.
APA	Luna, Pedro,Anjos, Diego,Garcia-Chavez, Juan H.,&Dattilo, Wesley.(2018).Exploring the vegetation: Seed harvester ants climb and remove seeds from a giant cactus in a semiarid environment.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,156,106-109.
MLA	Luna, Pedro,et al."Exploring the vegetation: Seed harvester ants climb and remove seeds from a giant cactus in a semiarid environment".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 156(2018):106-109.