Endozoochory by the cooperation between beetles and ants in the holoparasitic plant Cynomorium songaricum in the deserts of Northwest China
Fig 4
The morphology of C. songaricum seeds after staying in the M. desertora nests after increasing time durations at a macroscale.
(a, e) The state of the seeds after staying in the M. desertora nest for 6 h; (b-f) the state of the seeds after staying in the M. desertora nest for 12 h; (c-g) the state of the seeds after staying in the M. desertora nest for 24 h; (d-h) the state of the seeds after staying in the M. desertora nest for 48 h.(a-d) Bars = 2 mm. (e-h) Bars = 1 mm.