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ant-plant_symbioses

Citation

Blatrix R (2022). ant-plant_symbioses. Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle & Evolutive (CEFE). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/itdejk accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-15.

Description

Collection of fragments (leaves) of myrmecophytic plants and of specimens of associated ants, collected in central Africa. Most of the samples have been collected specifically for population genetics studies. Plant species identification has been confirmed by molecular data (microsatellites and/or sequences). Ant specimens have been identified by morphological features.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Central Africa.

Sampling

Plant fragments were dried in silicagel immediately after collection. Ants were collected from the plants and immediately put in ethanol 70°, except for a few samples that were dried in silicagel.

Method steps

  1. See methods in Blatrix R., Peccoud J., Born C., Piatscheck F., Benoit L., Sauve M., Djiéto-Lordon C., Atteke C., Wieringa J. J., Harris D. J., McKey D., 2017. Comparative analysis of spatial genetic structure in an ant-plant symbiosis reveals a tension zone and highlights speciation processes in tropical Africa. Journal of Biogeography, in press, and in Peccoud J., Piatscheck F., Yockteng R., Garcia M., Sauve M., Djiéto-Lordon C., Harris D. J., Wieringa J. J., Breteler F. J., Born C., McKey D., Blatrix R., 2013. Multi-locus phylogenies of the genus Barteria (Passifloraceae) portray complex patterns in the evolution of myrmecophytism. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 66, 824-832.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Peccoud J., Piatscheck F., Yockteng R., Garcia M., Sauve M., Djiéto-Lordon C., Harris D. J., Wieringa J. J., Breteler F. J., Born C., McKey D., Blatrix R., 2013. Multi-locus phylogenies of the genus Barteria (Passifloraceae) portray complex patterns in the evolution of myrmecophytism. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 66, 824-832. -
  2. Blatrix R., Peccoud J., Born C., Piatscheck F., Benoit L., Sauve M., Djiéto-Lordon C., Atteke C., Wieringa J. J., Harris D. J., McKey D., 2017. Comparative analysis of spatial genetic structure in an ant-plant symbiosis reveals a tension zone and highlights speciation processes in tropical Africa. Journal of Biogeography, 44, 1856-1868. -

Contacts

Rumsais Blatrix
originator
position: researcher
CNRS
CEFE/CNRS, 1919 route de Mende
Montpellier
34293
FR
Telephone: +33(0)467613232
email: rumsais.blatrix@cefe.cnrs.fr
homepage: http://www.cefe.cnrs.fr/fr/recherche/ines/ibt/889-c/265-rumsais-blatrix
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1662-7791
Rumsais Blatrix
metadata author
position: researcher
CNRS
CEFE/CNRS, 1919 route de Mende
Montpellier
34293
FR
Telephone: +33(0)467613232
email: rumsais.blatrix@cefe.cnrs.fr
homepage: http://www.cefe.cnrs.fr/fr/recherche/ines/ibt/889-c/265-rumsais-blatrix
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1662-7791
Rumsais Blatrix
principal investigator
position: researcher
CNRS
CEFE/CNRS, 1919 route de Mende
Montpellier
34293
FR
Telephone: +33(0)467613232
email: rumsais.blatrix@cefe.cnrs.fr
homepage: http://www.cefe.cnrs.fr/fr/recherche/ines/ibt/889-c/265-rumsais-blatrix
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1662-7791
Rumsais Blatrix
administrative point of contact
position: researcher
CNRS
CEFE/CNRS, 1919 route de Mende
Montpellier
34293
FR
Telephone: +33(0)467613232
email: rumsais.blatrix@cefe.cnrs.fr
homepage: http://www.cefe.cnrs.fr/fr/recherche/ines/ibt/889-c/265-rumsais-blatrix
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1662-7791
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