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Midgley JJ, White JD, Johnson SD, et al. Faecal mimicry by seeds ensures dispersal by dung beetles. Nat Plants. 2015;1:15141doi: 10.1038/nplants.2015.141.
Midgley, J. J., White, J. D., Johnson, S. D., & Bronner, G. N. (2015). Faecal mimicry by seeds ensures dispersal by dung beetles. Nature plants, 115141. https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2015.141
Midgley, Jeremy J, et al. "Faecal mimicry by seeds ensures dispersal by dung beetles." Nature plants vol. 1 (2015): 15141. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2015.141
Midgley JJ, White JD, Johnson SD, Bronner GN. Faecal mimicry by seeds ensures dispersal by dung beetles. Nat Plants. 2015 Oct 05;1:15141. doi: 10.1038/nplants.2015.141. PMID: 27251393.
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Nat Plants. 2015 Oct 05;1:15141. doi: 10.1038/nplants.2015.141.

Faecal mimicry by seeds ensures dispersal by dung beetles.

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Jeremy J Midgley, Joseph D M White, Steven D Johnson, Gary N Bronner

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, P bag, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.
  2. School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, PBagX01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzurg 3209, South Africa.

PMID: 27251393 DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2015.141

Abstract

The large brown, round, strongly scented seeds of Ceratocaryum argenteum (Restionaceae) emit many volatiles found to be present in herbivore dung. These seeds attract dung beetles that roll and bury them. As the seeds are hard and offer no reward to the dung beetles, this is a remarkable example of deception in plant seed dispersal.

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