Seed dispersal Flashcards
Types of seed dispersal
Win, Eaten or discarded by animals, exploding fruit, sticky spintes to catch on animal fur, exploding fruits, water currents
Characteristics of seed dispersal for water currents
Fruit attains air spaces within it’s composure allowing boyancy during it’s time period within the current, as the food may tend to dry out nevertheless this does not occur for the seeds in question as they remain afloat due to these characteristics
Characteristics of seed dispersal for wind currents
Seeds/ plants which have their seed dispersed via win currents tend to ammass parachute like structures within their anatomy. As this allows the areodynamics as well as the manuever of said seed and plant via the win current to occur easily, alluding towards the light manuever of the plant alongside the wind, ensuring the seeds germinate at great distances for it’s dispersal
Characteristics of seed dispersal for eaten or discarded by animals
Seed dispersal which occurs via the manuever of a form of animalia whether this may be animals or more specifically humans tends to occur as the fruit in question tend to have alluring characteristics. This may be regarding it’s apperance as well as colour which attracts certain animals for instance birds tend to be attracted to the red- colour spectrum, while othe characteristics such as scent, positions, size and more attract animals to
Characteristics of seed dispersal for exploding mechanisms
Usually tends to be placed within a pod
Characteristics of seed dispersal for attaching to the body of animals
The fruit or the seed in question tends to attain a configuration of hooks allowing the seed in question to attach upon the body of the animalia in question