The ovary wall becomes the rest of the fruit. Each fertilised ovule forms a seed. Seed dispersal is the transport of seeds from the plant to another area in order to grow. These are the main ways ...

Goetze: During their long, evolutionary history, plants have perfected several strategies to disperse their seeds to new ...

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 ...

AN authoritative and comprehensive work on plant—dispersal-mainly, that is, the means by which fruits and seeds of flowering plants and spores of ferns, mosses, and other cryptogams are ...

Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over millions of years. Analyzing nearly ...

Also, many plants use birds and mammals to distribute their fruits, and again it's very ... invertebrates for both pollination and seed dispersal helps inform habitat preservation efforts and ...

Analyzing nearly 270,000 seed plant species worldwide, the research highlights the roles of environmental conditions and dispersal barriers in influencing global plant diversity. The results were ...