Sentences with phrase «animal pollination»

These findings help to understand under which conditions rare plant species relying on animal pollination can persist, and when they are in danger of extinction.

Plants that require animal pollination contribute 98 percent of the total vitamin C supplied by major global crops, 70 percent of vitamin A, 55 percent of folic acid and 74 percent of lipids.

Not exact matches

It's not known how pollination affects fruit color, but the change makes sense for the plant's goal of attracting animals to disperse the seeds.

More than 94 percent of flowering tropical plants and 75 percent of the world's leading food crops require pollination by animals such as bees, bats and hummingbirds.

Flowering plants often rely on animals - for example, bees or bats - for pollination.

In the article, they show that foragers with realistically limited information about the distribution of floral resources forage in a way which favors pollination of the rarer plant species, while perfectly informed animals prefer the more abundant flowering plant.

A study published Wednesday in the journal Nature suggests that light pollution, which has already been shown to disrupt the activities of birds and animals, including humans, also interferes with pollination.

In the case of bees and other pollinators, he said, «a network of signals and cues shapes pollination, informing animals about where and when food is available.

There are 42 slides covering animal and plant cells, how to use a microscope, specialised cells, cell division of animal cells, pollination and fertilisation of plant cells.

(Grades K - 4) Building and Using a Hydroponic / Aquaculture System in the Classroom (Grades 9 - 12) Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination (Grades 4 - 9) Hands - On Plant Activities (K - 4)

No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.»

Those papers take nothing into account regarding disease, pestilence, late frosts, variability in pollination, changing migration patterns of birds and other animals that can have both positive (fertilizer, elimination of pests) and negative (foraging) effects on the growth of the trees.

Pollination by animals is directly responsible for between five and eight percent of agricultural production worldwide, or as much as $ 577 billion worth of crops, by one estimate.