By Liz Kimbrough When a toucan plucks fruit from a tree in the Amazon Rainforest, it’s doing more than just finding lunch.

For many plants, spring is just a really good time. They have endured a cold, dark, hard winter and in some places, winters ...

They also note that other processes, such as pollination, seed predation, and competition influence seed dispersal and can constrain forest regrowth. Still, the findings were in line with recent ...

Take a look at squirting cucumber explosive seed dispersal in real time and slowed down. Credit: Helen Gorges/CC BY-NC-ND One doesn't normally associate ballistics with botany, but most of us don't ...

Waterbirds play a pivotal role in the dispersal of plant seeds, thereby influencing the distribution, genetic connectivity, and composition of ecosystems across diverse habitats. Their dual seed ...

Diversity and Distributions, Vol. 30, No. 7 (July 2024), pp. 1-9 (9 pages) Aim: Invasive plants may evolve a suite of distinctive traits during spread in the new range. Among these traits, dispersal ...

Don't be disappointed if all the fluffy seeds of a dandelion don't fly away with a single blow. The gust of wind from your ...

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 ...

A lot of attention has been paid to the decrease in bee populations and other pollinators, but a recent review article makes the case that we should be equally alarmed by the declining numbers of seed ...

OFFICIALS ARE DOING TO SCARE THE CROWS. CAITLIN, GOOD MORNING. THIS YEARLY PUSH MIGHT GET A LITTLE NOISY IN THE EVENING, SO IF YOU LIVE NEAR THE CAPITOL COMPLEX, YOU WILL LIKELY HEAR EXPLODING SHELLS ...