A rare yam species, Dioscorea melanophyma, spreads its clones by fooling birds with fake berries, helping it survive without seeds.
Dandelions are incredible plants with a highly efficient seed-dispersal system, meaning even a gentle breeze can carry seeds ...
To be a majestic bundle of life and energy like a seed! Swimming through the water, soaring through the air, traveling across the lands ... Wait, what? Motionless is a common way to describe plants.
Picture a mature, broad-branched tree like an oak, maple or fig. How does it reproduce so that its offspring don’t grow up in its shadow, fighting for light? The answer is seed dispersal. Plants have ...
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the University of Kiel have provided experimental evidence ...
Aim: To synthesize published knowledge on palm–frugivore seed dispersal observations and to test whether broad-scale differences in geographic coverage, diversity, composition and functional structure ...
Aim: To test the hypothesis that plant species with a higher dispersal ability have a lower beta diversity. Location: North America north of Mexico. Method Propagules of pteridophytes (ferns and their ...
Scientists have discovered one of the earliest examples of a winged seed, granting insight into the origin and early evolution of wind dispersal strategies in plants. Scientists have discovered one of ...
Today in Illinois, we have very few native conifers; the fact that these cones can only be found where humans have planted ...
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