Fruit of Medicago polymorpha (burr medic). The beauty of the small: a tiny spiral designed to hitchhike on passing animals (including us) and disperse its seeds. 🌿🌱🧪
#medicagopolymorpha #PlantMorphology #PlantDispersal #DiversidadeVegetal #BotanyIsNotDead
The cover of the January-February issue of Applications in Plant Sciences. The photo shows the mature fruit of the Australian bush tomato Solanum tudununggae, with a grayish prickly calyx in the foreground and flowers with purple corolla and yellow anthers plus silvery-blue foliage in background. Photo credit: @martinebotany.bsky.social
#AppsPlantSci special issue "Quantifying #PlantDispersal: New methods from multiple disciplines" is online!
Thanks to editors @noellebeckman.bsky.social, Sally Chambers, Irene Cobo-Simón & @llseedsull.bsky.social
Check out the intro: bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantEcology
Illustration of the interdisciplinary frameworks to study seed dispersal, integrating general spatial patterns and processes from the generalized gravity framework, movement ecology paradigm, and seed dispersal effectiveness framework. The text at the top left reads Generalized Gravity Framework; the text at the top right reads Seed Dispersal Effectiveness Framework. From the tree at the center, the text moving to the left reads: "Source Processes," "Relocation Processes," and "Destination Processes"; the text moving rightward from the tree reads: "Quantity," "Vector Quality," and "Seedscape Quality." The text moving downward from the tree reads "Predispersal & Departure," "Drivers of Movement," "Movement Ecology Paradigm," and "Deposition & Postdispersal." The illustration shows various animals carrying diaspores away from the source tree.
From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci #PlantDispersal issue 🌱
Animal-mediated seed dispersal: A review of study methods (by @noellebeckman.bsky.social, @jmbecologist.bsky.social, et al)
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #zoochory #PlantEcology #SeedDispersal
Part of the #AppsPlantSci #PlantDispersal special issue. Coming soon!
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Seed dispersal experiment setup states. (A) Primary wind dispersal, where seeds are held within the steel tube by a stopper, preventing them from falling. (B) Secondary wind dispersal, where seeds are contained under an iron cover to prevent them from being blown away prematurely by the wind.
From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci #PlantDispersal issue 🌱
A detailed review of #WindTunnel studies of #SeedDispersal that provides a roadmap for researchers conducting wind tunnel research (by Tian, @noellebeckman.bsky.social, et al)
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany
Comparison of two seed rain trap methods in the field: a sticky trap (a Petri dish with a sticky substance sprayed on it) and an artificial grass carpet. Both have known numbers of grassland seeds placed on them.
From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci #PlantDispersal issue 🌱
Are they two seeds in a pod? Comparing seed rain recovery in grasslands using artificial grass carpets vs sticky traps (by @llseedsull.bsky.social, DeSiervo, Kahan & Shoemaker)
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantEcology
Ficus tillifolia, a wild fig species endemic to Madagascar and surrounding island. Ripe figs are relatively dully colored but heavily scented, and rely on lemurs for seed dispersal. Photo from Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar by Linh M.N. Nguyen
From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci #PlantDispersal issue: A comprehensive review on methods to study fruit traits by @linhnchemeco.bsky.social et al
Unlocking fruit dimensions: Quantification of functional traits driving plant–frugivore interactions
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Photo of the Australian bush tomato Solanum tudununggae. Grayish prickly calyx fully encloses the dry and mature berry held inside except for a 3 cm pore at its apex. Silvery-blue foliage in background plus flowers with purple corolla and yellow anthers.
From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci #PlantDispersal issue 🌱
A simple and affordable protocol to assess censer seed dispersal: First confirmation of the mechanism in the genus #Solanum
By Abigail Motter, @martinebotany.bsky.social & Melody Sain
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany
These findings align with previous research showing faster germination after gut passage, and add new evidence that this can translate into real fitness benefits for plants. (10/10)
👉 doi.org/qfrv
#PlantDispersal #SeedEcology #Endozoochory #AoBpapers
Better out than in: faecal matrix inhibits establishment success after waterfowl endozoochory
🌱Check the newly published article ‘Better out than in: faecal matrix inhibits establishment success after waterfowl endozoochory’ in @annbot.bsky.social by @iciarjimenez.bsky.social and co-authors🧵1/10
👉 doi.org/qfrv
@drandygreen.bsky.social
#PlantDispersal #SeedEcology #Endozoochory #AoBpapers
#artDD2022 no 355
Drawing my subject for #BES2022 putting people in the landscape and their contribution to #biodiversity #PlantDispersal
Fascinating sulky face of a young woman in Stensjö hamlet (1920s)
#dailydrawing #farmlabourer @Vitterhetsakad @CobbinSteve1
