| reaction of mutualistic and granivorous ants to ulex elaiosome chemicals. | it has been proposed that chemicals on plant elaiosomes aid seed detection by seed-dispersing ants. we hypothesized that the chemical interaction between ants and elaiosomes is more intimate than a generic attraction, and that elaiosome chemicals will attract mutualistic but not granivorous ant species. we investigated this by using two gorse species, ulex minor and u. europaeus, and two associated ant species from european heathlands, the mutualist myrmica ruginodis and the granivore tetramoriu ... | 2006 | 16902826 |