Newly formed tetraploid plants in sympatry with their diploid progenitors should face significant obstacles to persistence and population establishment because of low-fitness triploids formed by cross ...

New, movement models for organisms as diverse as gut bacteria, ants, marine larvae and cheetahs include tree seed dispersal model and animal tracking systems tested in Panama. Feeling threatened?

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Seed dispersal by animals drives persistence and colonization of the majority of fleshy-fruited plants. Different factors have been identified ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Without seed dispersal plants could not survive. Seed dispersal—i.e. birds spreading seeds or wind carrying seeds—means the mechanism by which a ...

We quantified seed dispersal in a guild of Sonoran Desert winter desert annuals at a protected natural field site in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Seed production was suppressed under shrub canopies, in the ...

Playing an essential foundational role in an ecosystem, plants contribute to the well-being of human health by helping create resources like food and medicine. Therefore, to better understand how ...

Anna Nordseth is an ecology writer and Duke University Ph.D. candidate specializing in tropical forest ecology, conservation research, and biodiversity. Think plants can’t move? You’re only half right ...

HYDERABAD: The University of Hyderabad (UoH) has taken a step towards ecological restoration and sustainability through its initiative, Mission Green – Seed for Future. Organised by the Centre for ...

A new biodegradable solid lubricant improves seed planting efficiency while cutting talc and microplastic pollution. The cellulose-based material developed by researchers at North Carolina State ...