Travelling seeds? Examples from New Zealand.
New Zealand is an archipelago isolated in time and space. Flowering plants have evolved in the almost-complete absence of terrestrial mammals, some of the most prolific seed-dispersers from the rest of the world, and fascinating mechanisms for spreading seeds have developed.
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Cewntre for Plant Reproduction and Seed Technology, Massey University, Private bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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