Close observation of a common fern challenges long-held notions of how plants move. A commentary on 'Fern fronds that move like pine cones: humidity-driven motion of fertile leaflets governs the timing of spore dispersal in a widespread fern species'
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Close observation of a common fern challenges long-held notions of how plants move. A commentary on 'Fern fronds that move like pine cones: humidity-driven motion of fertile leaflets governs the timing of spore dispersal in a widespread fern species'
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Jacob S. Suissa, Fern fronds that move like pine cones: humidity-driven motion of fertile leaflets governs the timing of spore dispersal in a widespread fern species, Annals of Botany, Volume 129, Issue 5, 11 April 2022, Pages 519–527
Keywords: Fern fronds; Onocleaceae; species distributions.
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Fern fronds that move like pine cones: humidity-driven motion of fertile leaflets governs the timing of spore dispersal in a widespread fern species.Ann Bot. 2022 Apr 13;129(5):519-528. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcab137. Ann Bot. 2022. PMID: 34878516 Free PMC article.
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