Science news articles about 'dispersal of seeds'

  • Global warming increasing the dispersal of flora in Northern forests

    ... discovered that a temperature that is only three degrees Celsius warmer increased the dispersal of seeds and the speed at which populations spread throughout the growth season. Particularly for those ...
  • Cyclones help spread weeds

    Strong winds and rough seas caused by cyclones can disperse weed seeds more than 40 times further than normal weather conditions, found the results of a new study.
  • Rainfall and river networks prove accurate predictors of fish biodiversity

    ... not just for understanding the biodiversity of fish in rivers but also for understanding such things as the dispersal of seeds or even the spread of cholera. Rodríguez-Iturbe, Bertuzzo and Rinaldo ...
  • Cyclones help spread weeds

    Strong winds caused by cyclones can disperse weed seeds more than 40 times further than normal weather conditions, found the results of a new study.
  • Extinction threat growing for mankind's closest relatives

    ... , nonhuman primates are important to the health of their surrounding ecosystems. Through the dispersal of seeds and other interactions with their environments, primates help support a wide range of ...
  • Bugs put the heat in chili peppers

    ... believe, because otherwise the fruit would not be consumed by birds and other animals that disperse the seed. The problem with that strategy, Tewksbury said, is that it leaves the fruit exposed to ...
  • In pictures: Fruit glorious fruit

    Sowing the Seed explores the strange and ingenious methods that plants use to disperse their seeds and ensure their survival
  • Study on wildlife corridors shows how they work over time

    ... Damschen can tell the source of dispersal by seed type. Wind-dispersed plants have a fuzzy feature, like a dandelion, called a pappus; bird-dispersed plants have fleshy fruits, and unassisted plants ...
  • Shatter-resistant brassicas

    ... model plant Arabidopsis, completely sealing the seeds inside," says Dr Lars Østergaard from the John ... animal feed. Brassica plants normally disperse their seeds by a pod-shattering mechanism. Although ...

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