The Ghosts of Evolution Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms, (Paperback)

from Daumari

The de-extinction crowd would like this if they haven't already read it (it's been out for 13 years, so probably already have). Why do gingkos smell of rotten meat, and why do the honey locust pods persist on the ground more than a year after falling? The answer, according to Jantzen & Martin in ...

from librisissimo

Substance: Develops an idea proposed in 1982 in Science magazine, by ecologist Dan Janzen and paleontologist Paul Martin, that certain fruiting plants are "intended" for now-extinct dispersing agents, namely megafauna of the mammoth, giant sloth, etc. league, which made the plants anachronisms ab...

from Devil_llama

The author sets out to explore the possible missing links in the ecological chain of some unusual plants around the world. These plants are ones that appear to be missing a pollinator, but still put out the fruits that no critter disperses for them. Well written and easy to read, the author prese...

from vortenjou

Enjoyable read. New material on plant survival strategies that is making me rethink trying pawpaw as my next fruit - it needs a bit more space for ideal survival than, say, Prunus.

from vortenjou

Enjoyable read. New material on plant survival strategies that is making me rethink trying pawpaw as my next fruit - it needs a bit more space for ideal survival than, say, Prunus.