Table 3. Ant species interacting with Miconia irwinii diaspores on the campo rupestre ground.
Values represent the proportion of diaspore piles that each ant species was observed (N = 20).
| Species/Subfamilies | Seeds | Fruits | Removal distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulp-free | Gut-passed | Intact | Defleshed | ||
| Dolichoderinae | |||||
| Dorymyrmex goeldii | 0.05 | 0.05 | |||
| Dorymyrmex cf. pyramicus | 0.05 | ||||
| Ectatomminae | |||||
| Ectatomma edentatum | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | |
| Formicinae | |||||
| Brachymyrmex pictus | 0.05 | ||||
| Camponotus cf. punctulatus | 0.05 | 0.05 | |||
| Camponotus renggeri | 0.10 | 0.05 | |||
| Camponotus rufipes | 0.35 | 0.85 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 83 cm (2–297)*† |
| Camponotus vittatus | 0.05 | ||||
| Camponotus westermanni | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 70 cm * | |
| Myrmicinae | |||||
| Atta sp. | 0.05 | > 200 cm** | |||
| Cephalotes pusillus | 0.45 | 0.70 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 40 cm * |
| Cyphomyrmex rimosus | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.10 | > 100 cm** |
| Mycocepurus goeldii | 0.05 | 0.05 | |||
| Pheidole radoszkowskii | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.15 | |
| Sericomyrmex sp. | 0.05 | > 80 cm** | |||
| Wasmannia auropunctata | 0.05 | ||||
* Removal of gut-passed seeds,
** Removal of pulp-free seeds,
† mean/range (N = 4).