Small native mammals eat more plant seeds than had been realised, and their loss to predators such as foxes and feral cats has likely caused significant changes to vegetation in outback Australia.
Ecology
Sep 22, 2017
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Michigan State University researchers are experimenting with harvesting seed oil to make biofuels that could someday power our jets and cars.
Ecology
Aug 10, 2017
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In forest ecosystems, cockroaches are known as important decomposers that consume dead and decaying plants. Quite unexpectedly, however, researchers have found that they also provide seed dispersal services for the plant ...
Ecology
Aug 4, 2017
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A recent study featured in the journal Invasive Plant Science and Management sheds new light on the control of Russian knapweed, an invasive plant found in the western U.S.
Ecology
Aug 3, 2017
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Last summer, farmers in the Midwest got an unwelcome surprise after planting native seed on Conservation Reserve Program acres. Palmer amaranth, the aggressive and hard-to-kill weed, had established in droves. As a possible ...
Ecology
Jun 6, 2017
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How healthy a plant matures depends on how well it grows during its early life stages, which is not a surprise to anyone who has raised children.
Ecology
May 19, 2017
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Just like humans and animals sometimes need medicine to feel well or perform better, so can plants.
Biotechnology
May 10, 2017
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Plant populations in wetland areas face increasing isolation as wetlands are globally under threat from habitat loss and fragmentation. Erik Kleyheeg and Merel Soons of Utrecht University show that the daily movement behaviour ...
Ecology
Feb 22, 2017
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Biologists from the University of Tübingen have successfully demonstrated parental environmental effect – and how this arises through evolution.
Ecology
Feb 9, 2017
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The isolation of ocean islands like the Galápagos prevents the arrival of large mammals, which disperse the seeds of many plants by ingesting them. In the absence of mammals, this function is filled by birds, tortoises, ...
Ecology
Dec 7, 2016
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