Exploring the vegetation: seed harvester ants climb and remove seeds from a giant cactus in a semiarid environment
P Luna, D Anjos, JH García-Chávez… - Journal of Arid …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …
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 …
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