Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Oikos Vol. 113, No. 3, Jun., 2006 Why Are Small Seeds Dispersed through An... Long-distance ...

Winds, flying animals, or water currents are some of the most successful agents of long-distance passive dispersal. Seeds and fruits that have wings, hairs, or inflated processes are carried ...

Researchers uncover unique insect-plant relationship: ants and crickets pollinate and disperse Balanophora seeds.

Some plants use water to disperse seeds that float. These seeds can be carried downstream to new germination spots. Some seeds grow, safely protected in fruit. When animals or birds eat the fruit ...

These are the main ways in which seeds can be dispersed: Animals Explosion Wind Water Seeds must be dispersed or spread away from each other and from their parent plant. This is to reduce ...

In nature, most seed dispersal techniques are due to external factors – wind, animals, fire, gravity – but this remarkable little prickly go-getter native to the Mediterranean has found its ...

Grizzly bears disperse huckleberry seeds through digestion, enhancing germination and helping plants adapt to climate shifts.

The discovery of a unique case where the same insect species both pollinate a plant and distribute its seeds not only solves a long-standing botanical mystery. The Kobe University find also stresses ...