@LeafaBeam @gunsnrosesgirl3 They actually rarely kill the host, and may even help them withstand storms https://t.co/b7ohef7sSY
They usually don't kill the host, and may even help them withstand storms https://t.co/b7ohef7sSY But i guess people love a narrative about competition instead of cooperation
RT @FigsBook: Strangulation might sound like a brutal fate for the host tree, but before a strangler fig overcomes its host it can also pro…
RT @FigsBook: Strangulation might sound like a brutal fate for the host tree, but before a strangler fig overcomes its host it can also pro…
Strangulation might sound like a brutal fate for the host tree, but before a strangler fig overcomes its host it can also protect it, say biologists Leora Richard and Sylvia Halkin in the June 2017 issue of the journal Symbiosis (@IntlSymbioSoc). See: http
WAIT omg wtf, i just learned: 1. actually, 'strangler' figs might support their host trees in storms instead of just choking out their light+nutrients https://t.co/tBCN7NjPXu 2. there's an ENTIRE JOURNAL dedicated JUST to symbiosis; remind me why the Fuck
Strangler figs are not always parasitic @shanahanmike https://t.co/csAS7dxnts
Ако не те удуши те прави по-силен! Оплитането от катерливи фикуси прави дърветата по-стабилни при силна буря. https://t.co/RDT4e6d0wJ