This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The seed dispersal system of a neotropical tree, Cabralea canjerana (Meliaceae), was studied in two forested areas in southeastern Brazil. The ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Society has recently become enthralled with bees and the amazing service they provide spreading pollen around and helping to sustain plant ...
Infestation rates by bruchid beetles on Acacia albida seeds in Southern Province, Zambia were found to be 13.1% for seeds collected early in the fruiting season and 8.9% in late season. There was no ...
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 ...
Plant species exhibit a variety of mechanisms of seed dispersal. The majority of seeds will be dispersed locally around the maternal parent in relation to the speed and direction of wind for ...
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 ...
Jan. 13 (UPI) --As ecosystems warm or dry out because of climate change, plants and animals are being forced to move in search of friendly conditions. Animals can swim, scamper and fly, but plants are ...
The plants we consume for food have changed drastically in the 10,000 years since humans began practicing agriculture, but hominids have been intensively interacting with the plants and animals around ...
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