Rare cliffhanging plant species uses unique reproductive strategy
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 16:30
in Biology & Nature
The Borderea chouardii plant, which is critically endangered and is found only on two adjacent cliff sides in the Pyrenees, employs a unique and risky doubly mutualistic reproductive strategy with local ants, according to research published Sep. 12 in the open access journal PLOS ONE.