Seed plants are essential as a source of food, fuel, medicine, and more. Now, a multidisciplinary team of researchers has ...

Waterbirds play a pivotal role in the dispersal of plant seeds, thereby influencing the distribution, genetic connectivity, and composition of ecosystems across diverse habitats. Their dual seed ...

Effective seed dispersal is critical for enabling rapid state shift from a bare tidal flat to a vegetated marsh. While tidal currents are the main dispersal vector in coastal environments, biological ...

Scientists have discovered one of the earliest examples of a winged seed, granting insight into the origin and early evolution of wind dispersal strategies in plants. The study, published today as the ...

Transcriptomic analyses of 20 plant species helped identify genes involved in the evolution of seed production, offering ...

1. Dispersal ecology is a topical discipline that involves understanding and predicting plant community responses to multiple drivers of global change. Propagule movements that entail long-distance ...

HYDERABAD: The University of Hyderabad (UoH) has taken a step towards ecological restoration and sustainability through its ...

When Surtsey erupted from the sea in 1963, it became a living experiment in how life begins anew. Decades later, scientists ...