5th International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal (1985-2010)
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Big seeds are beautiful !
One of the FSD2010 plenary speakers is making the buzz ! The longstanding belief as to why some plants produce big seeds and others small seeds is that in this case bigger-is-better, since large seeds have a better chance of survival. However, Helene Muller-Landau, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and head of the HSBC Climate Partnership's effort to quantify carbon in tropical forests, grew dissatisfied with that explanation. More at Mongabay.com. Illustration : seed size variation in the Fabaceae on Barro Colorado Island, Canal of Panama, Republic of Panama. (Courtasy Helene Muller-Landau)