Adaptive Advantage of Myrmecochory in the Ant-Dispersed Herb Lamium amplexicaule (Lamiaceae): Predation Avoidance through the Deterrence of Post-Dispersal Seed Predators

• Koki Tanaka ,

  * E-mail: koukin817@gmail.com

  Affiliations Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga, Japan, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Kanako Ogata,

  Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga, Japan

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• Hiromi Mukai,

  Affiliation Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Akira Yamawo,

  Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan

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• Makoto Tokuda

  Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga, Japan

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