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    In spermatophyte plants, seed dispersal is the movement, spread or transport of seeds away from the parent plant. Plants have limited mobility and rely...
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  • Seed dispersal syndromes are morphological characters of seeds correlated to particular seed dispersal agents. Dispersal is the event by which individuals...
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    categories, pre-dispersal and post-dispersal predation, which affect the fitness of the parental plant and the dispersed offspring (the seed), respectively...
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    Seed dispersal is important for plants because it allows their progeny to move away from their parents over time. The advantages of seed dispersal may...
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    such as seeds and spores. Technically, dispersal is defined as any movement that has the potential to lead to gene flow. The act of dispersal involves...
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    to the method of seed dispersal; that being the purpose of fruit - to encourage or enable the seed's dispersal and protect the seed while doing so. Following...
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    the dispersal distance. E. cicutarium with larger seeds have a longer coil and uncoil time compare to smaller seeds. In the field, the rate of seed burial...
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    either as seed dispersal agents or as seed predators, or both. During the day, these ants search the savannas for vegetation and plant seeds, and carry...
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    area. In autumn, the bears have a greater seed dispersal rate and usually the males have a larger dispersal areas than females. There has been a huge...
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    nourishment and shelter for the ant and its larvae. Seed dispersal is the movement, spread or transport of seeds away from the parent plant. Plants have limited...
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