Animals can swim, scamper and fly, but plants are rooted in place -- they rely on seed dispersal to migrate. As the Earth warms with climate change, plants and animals are being forced to move to ...

Look out the window and you’re likely to see the dispersal of seeds—dandelion tufts in the wind, a squirrel burying an acorn, a robin flying off with a dogwood fruit. You might even have a burr ...

Animals contribute to seagrass dispersal: Fish, terrapins, and birds may help spread eelgrass seeds into new areas Date: December 19, 2012 Source: ...

Seeds travel in animal poop, ... "More than half of plants around the world are dispersed by animals, so that interaction is incredibly important," says Noelle Beckman, ...

While animal seed dispersal can be found in forests around the world, it is especially important in tropical forests where an estimated 70% of tree species rely on animals for dispersal.

Large animals can disperse seeds over great distances, but many large seed dispersers are extinct or in decline. Photo by Paul D. Vitucci. As the climate warms, ...

Picture a mature, broad-branched tree like an oak, maple or fig. How does it reproduce so that its offspring don’t grow up in its shadow, fighting for light? The answer is seed dispersal. Plants ...

Picture a mature, broad-branched tree like an oak, maple or fig. How does it reproduce so that its offspring don’t grow up in its shadow, fighting for light? The answer is seed dispersal. Plants ...

The way animals disperse seeds throughout landscapes is known to be an important element in promoting growth of forested areas, and a new study over an extended timeframe has shed valuable new ...

Indeed, the animals most important to seed dispersal are the first to disappear as a result of the destruction of the Atlantic Rainforest, according to a paper published in the journal Biotropica.

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Picture a mature, broad-branched tree like an oak, maple or fig. How does it reproduce so that its offspring don’t grow up in its shadow, fighting for light? The answer is seed dispersal. Plants ...