Ep. 419 - Ant Dispersal Revisited

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In Defense of Plants

Botany, Natural Sciences, Ecology, Nature, Plants, Science

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🗓️ 30 April 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

What started as a question about some strange "seeds" in ant ant nest turned into an explosion of scientific investigations into the links between oaks, gall wasps, and ants. We revisit a conversation with Dr. Robert Warren in which we discuss the mind-blowing evolutionary insights that can come from natural history observations and what they could mean for seed dispersal in spring ephemerals. This episode was produced in part by Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants Podcast, the official podcast of
0:04.2	IndefensivePlants.com.
0:05.2	What's up?
0:06.2	This is your host Matt.
0:07.2	Welcome to the show.
0:08.2	How is everyone doing this week?
0:09.5	I think it's safe to say that in most places in the northern hemisphere, spring is getting
0:14.0	underway.
0:15.2	And spring always makes me think of the spring guild of wildflowers.
0:18.8	I'm not going to call them all ephemerals because there are not many of them persist
0:22.4	well into summer.
0:23.4	But one thing that unites many of the spring wildflower guild is their seed dispersal mechanism.
0:29.8	And it involves ants.
0:31.2	Yes, we are revisiting the Mir McCockery episode or the ant dispersal episode.
0:36.5	This is an interview I had back in 2018 with my friend and mentor Dr. Robert Warren who
0:41.3	has spent much of his career studying the interactions between ants and plants and they are just incredible.
0:46.9	It is a reason to love ants and it's also a reason to pay attention to some potentially
0:51.4	really bad invasive ants that have the potential to severely impact the health of our forests.
0:56.8	I'm going to let Dr. Warren do all of the talking, but before we get to that, I just
1:00.0	want to say if you're enjoying the show and you want to support it to ensure that it
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1:07.2	of plants.
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