Midgley, JJBond, WJ2007-06-292007-06-291995-08Midgley, JJ and Bond, WJ. 1995. Relative attractiveness of seeds of myrmecochorous Australian and South African plants to ants, and the chemical basis of this attraction. South African Journal of Botany, vol. 61(4), pp 230-2320254-6299http://hdl.handle.net/10204/743Copyright: 1995 Bureau for Scientific PublishersThe responses of an indigenous acid an exotic (South American) ant was compared to seeds from exotic (Australian) and indigenous Caps myrmecochorous plants. Non-South African ants were more attracted to seeds of myrmecochorous species, than to non-myrmecochorous species from other continents. However, the chemical basis of this attraction was not due to oleic acid derivatives, as previously reported in the literature. This suggests that there is a broad spectrum of compounds that are attractive to ants. Our results indicate convergence (seeds from myrmecochorous plants are attractive to non-indigenous ants), but that there is no highly specific chemical convergence as a basis for this attraction.enConvergenceFynbosMyrmecochoryArticleMidgley, J., & Bond, W. (1995). Relative attractiveness of seeds of myrmecochorous Australian and South African plants to ants, and the chemical basis of this attraction. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/743Midgley, JJ, and WJ Bond "Relative attractiveness of seeds of myrmecochorous Australian and South African plants to ants, and the chemical basis of this attraction." (1995) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/743Midgley J, Bond W. Relative attractiveness of seeds of myrmecochorous Australian and South African plants to ants, and the chemical basis of this attraction. 1995; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/743.TY - Article AU - Midgley, JJ AU - Bond, WJ AB - The responses of an indigenous acid an exotic (South American) ant was compared to seeds from exotic (Australian) and indigenous Caps myrmecochorous plants. Non-South African ants were more attracted to seeds of myrmecochorous species, than to non-myrmecochorous species from other continents. However, the chemical basis of this attraction was not due to oleic acid derivatives, as previously reported in the literature. This suggests that there is a broad spectrum of compounds that are attractive to ants. Our results indicate convergence (seeds from myrmecochorous plants are attractive to non-indigenous ants), but that there is no highly specific chemical convergence as a basis for this attraction. DA - 1995-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Convergence KW - Fynbos KW - Myrmecochory LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1995 SM - 0254-6299 T1 - Relative attractiveness of seeds of myrmecochorous Australian and South African plants to ants, and the chemical basis of this attraction TI - Relative attractiveness of seeds of myrmecochorous Australian and South African plants to ants, and the chemical basis of this attraction UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/743 ER -