"Ballistic seed dispersal" is not something you see often in plants – and for good reason, perhaps, when you see just what the affectionately called squirting cucumber is capable of. Shunning external ...

To study explosive discharge of DM fruit in the laboratory, Hinds et al. 3 were able to initiate dehiscence by slightly warming ripe fruit. While we cannot guess what these authors might have thought ...

We observed predation on and dispersal of seeds of the Asian skunk cabbage Symplocarpus renifolius (Araceae), a common herb species on the mesic forest floor of northern Japan. About 11% of fertile ...

1. The combination of two dispersal syndromes (diplochory) brings additional benefits to seeds, yet the relative costs and benefits of the two phases are poorly understood. Our goal is to provide the ...