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火与植物开花和繁殖

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Narrow-Leaved Purple Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia)

image: Reproduction in the narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) improves in burned mating scenes. view more 

Credit: Image courtesy of Gretel Kiefer.

在美国明尼苏达州道格拉斯县进行的一项为期21年的研究中,科研人员发现计划的火同步了北美草原植物狭叶松果菊的开花时间,这增加了交配机会并且让种子产量几乎翻倍;这些发现证明了一种可能广泛存在的机制,凭借该机制,火可能促进植物种群健康并且维持依赖于火的生态系统的植物多样性。

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