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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Frugivore (section Frugivore seed dispersal)
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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Flower (section Seed dispersal)
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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Harvester ant (section Seed dispersal)
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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Erodium cicutarium (section Seed dispersal behavior)
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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Japanese black bear (section Seed dispersal)
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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Symbiosis (section Seed dispersal)
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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