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Tag: insects

Ecosystems

Microclimates in herb patches can provide refuges for overheating insects

Research shows that patches of flowering plants can provide crucial shade during heatwaves, even in surprisingly small patches.

by Alun SaltJune 3, 2021June 3, 2021
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Close Encounters

How mammals and molluscs attack oaks

Foraging decisions of molluscs and mammals repulse seedlings from old adults.

by Fi GennuFebruary 28, 2021February 26, 2021
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Dionaea muscipula flower
Featured Plant Cuttings

Non-insect-eating insectivorous plant

by Nigel ChaffeyMay 29, 2018May 29, 2018
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Sheep
Featured Plant Cuttings

Flying insects plummet

Where have all the flower-pollinating insects have gone?

by Nigel ChaffeyMarch 20, 2018April 5, 2018
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Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
Plant Cuttings

All’s fir in love and war

Nigel Chaffey discovers there is a fountain of youth, but only if you’re a firebug.

by Nigel ChaffeyJanuary 12, 2016September 11, 2017
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Movement herkogamy versus pollination accuracy
Articles

In the right place at the right time for pollination

Parnassia epunctulata, a herb with generalized pollination, which exhibits sequential stamen movement.

by AJ CannJune 18, 2014June 17, 2014
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Phylogeography of invasive Acacia
Annals of Botany

Australia’s national flower is an invasive species – even in Australia

How do you control a problem like Acacia pycnantha? First, figure out what you are dealign with.

by AJ CannJuly 15, 2013July 11, 2013
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The ecological importance of sedges (Invited Review)
Annals of Botany

The ecological importance of sedges (Invited Review)

by botanyoneApril 22, 2013April 4, 2013
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Iridescent Tulip
Bite-sized Science

My favourite colour is structural colour

by Anne OsterriederJuly 11, 2012July 11, 2012
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Life

Pitcher plant uses power of the rain to trap prey

by annbotJune 18, 2012June 13, 2012
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Life

Plants with ants

by annbotMay 10, 2012May 9, 2012
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  2. Shyam Phartyal on What lies beneath? Botanists find a disconnection between how plants behave above and below ground.January 29, 2023

    Excellent study. An additional flooding treatment could have revealed little more about this above-below ground trait relationship.

  3. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 18, 2023

    Good afternoon, Patrick, Aha, one now begins to wonder if the spelling Catherine in the cited source should really have…

  4. Patrick Collins on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    The bisindole alkaloid catharine is said to have been published and the molecular structure can be found scattered about, though…

  5. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    Hello Patrick, Thank you for taking th etim eto comment on this item. The source for 'catherine' that's stated in…

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