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Topical connections between F. aquilonia ants and herbaceous plants in a fragmented forest area have been analyzed. The species composition of the group of herbaceous plants changing their occurrence frequency in response to the presence of F. aquilonia nests has been determined. Ecological and phytocenotic parameters of herbaceous plants contributing to the development of the myrmecotopic assemblage are described. Signs of meadowfication and synanthropization of the herbaceous layer around ant nests have been observed.
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Original Russian Text © N.M. Bugrova, A.V. Karakulov, 2010, published in Ekologiya, 2010, No. 1, pp. 35–40.
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Bugrova, N.M., Karakulov, A.V. Distribution of herbaceous plants around nests of Formica aquilonia Yarr. in a fragmented forest area. Russ J Ecol 41, 32–37 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413610010066
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