Teosinte, wild maize relatives originating from Mexico and Central America, emerged as a
noxious agricultural weed in France and Spain. In 2016, the European Food Safety Authority …

Endozoochory is known as an important mechanism for the spread of weeds. We carried out
experiments to assess the fate of seeds of several weed species (Convolvulus arvensis …

The plant species of the Caatinga biome are food sources of great importance for herds.
Goat farming is one of the most explored agricultural activities in the Northeast region of …

The presence of seeds in livestock dung can alter the composition of aboveground
vegetation. However, there have been few studies of the composition of the dung seed bank …

This study aimed to investigate the morphological characteristics of fruits and seeds from
Diptychocarpus strictus, a plant species inhabiting the cold desert pastoral area of China …

Teosinte is the wild ancestor of maize and is used as a study model in evolutionary biology.
Information about the physicochemical properties of teosinte caryopses is scarce. Therefore …

Adaptation to novel environments requires genetic variation, which may either predate the
novel environment or arise as new mutations. The relative importance of standing genetic …

Una de las principales preocupaciones asociadas a la aparición de una nueva mala hierba
invasora es la de evitar su expansión. En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de un …

One of the main concerns associated with the appearance of a new invasive weed species
is to prevent its expansion. In this paper we present the results of a study on the possible …

Tier-und Pflanzenarten sind darauf angewiesen sich auszubreiten, um verloren gegangene
oder auch neue Lebensräume (wieder) zu besiedeln und mit umliegenden Populationen in …