Typical anachronism on Ceiba’s magnificent trunk: spines protect against mammals that have not existed for several millennia
Evolutionary anachronism is a term that refers to the structural features of parts of plants (fruits, flowers, leaves and stems) that, in the process of evolution, were developed to interact with animals that have already become extinct. [one]
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Megafauna Distribution Syndrome
Environmental Symptoms of Seed Spread through Extinct Environmental Partners
- The fetus either decays at the site of the fall, or is inefficiently distributed through current environmental partners.
- The plant is more widespread in the habitats of horses and cattle (proximate fauna).
- Seeds germinate and grow well in the highlands where they were planted, but in the wild they grow exclusively in floodplains.
- The geographical area is inexplicably spotty or limited. [one]
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Barlow, Connie C. (2000).
- ↑ Cited in Barlow, Connie C. The ghosts of evolution: nonsensical fruit, missing partners, and other ecological anachronisms. - New York: Basic Books, 2000. - ISBN 0-465-00551-9 .
- ↑ BN Wolstenholme; AW Whiley. ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE AVOCADO (Persea americana Mill.) TREE AS A BASIS FOR PRE-HARVEST MANAGEMENT (Eng.) // Revista Chapingo Serie Horticultura: journal. - 1999. - Vol. 5 . - P. 77-88 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bronaugh, Whit. The Trees That Miss The Mammoths (Neopr.) // American Forests. - 2010. - T. 115 , No. Winter . - S. 38-43 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Connie Barlow.