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Hello all,

 

I'm preparing a lit review on plant-animal interdependance and I was just wondering if anyone knows of any key papers on the subject; or if you yourselves could impart any key examples.

 

I'm excluding direct trophic links (like dietry dependencies) from the review in order to narrow things down a bit.

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Cheers for the paper Dr. Dalek

 

Yeah I'm probably going to focus on direct symbioses. The most obvious ones that spring to mind are seed dispersal and pollination...and now myrmecophyte-ant relationships.

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Did you know that the sloth hosts plants living on its body. The sloth has a symbiotic relationship with algae that grows inside its hollow hairs. The algae gets a home and the sloth gets camouflage. This is the most weird example of plant and animal symbiosis that I know of.

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