#SeedDispersal

10-Oct-2024
#SeedDispersal “crisis” may impact plant species’ future in Europe

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1060430

#science #ecology #plants

29-Jun-2023
A seed survival story: How trees keep ‘friends’ close and ‘enemies’ guessing

Global study uncovers intricate balance between seed defense and dispersal by forest trees
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/994120

#science #ecology #trees #forests #SeedDispersal

This is very cool. A second example of #bees as seed dispersers, this time orchid bees and stingless bees carrying vanilla seeds (previously only known from Australian stingless bees and a eucalypt species #seeddispersal #plantinsect https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01831-0

RT With over 1400+ species across the world, #bats come in all shapes and sizes. While they are often pooled together as one, each species is unique and each plays a vital role in the web of life: https://buff.ly/3AHpERh

Image (c)
@JimJourdane

https://twitter.com/_BCT_/status/1607344982263844864

#bats #pollinators #ecosystems #SeedDispersal

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2022-07-arctic-shrub-expansion-limited-seed.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2022-07-arctic-shrub-expansion-limited-seed.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com@twitter.com: https://twitter.com/physorg_com/status/1549406475180822531#m

Arctic shrub expansion limited by #seeddispersal and wildfire @OhioState @NatureComms https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31597-6 https://phys.org/news/2022-07-arctic-shrub-expansion-limited-seed.html

#Plant species worldwide have evolved to be dependent on #wildlife for #SeedDispersal

https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-02-11-fewer-seeds-spread-as-animals-pollinators-dying.html