Fig 5. Ants interacting with Miconia irwinii diaspores on the ground of campo rupestre vegetation.

(A) Latency time (time elapsed between placing diaspores on the ground and the first interaction with ants) across different experimental treatments. (B) Number of ant species interacting with diaspore piles. Squares represent mean, boxes standard error and whiskers standard deviation), asterisk denotes significant differences (Paired t test—p < 0.001).