They obtain energy from cellulose with the help of symbiotic bacteria and protozoa living within their digestive tracts. These microbes produce enzymes called cellulase that break down cellulose into smaller molecules that the host animal can then utilize. Similarly, wood-consuming termites depend upon ...
original advocates of the use of the term, and the obvious commonplace nature of coevolutionary events in the history of plant-animal interactions have led to misleading uses of the term in contemporary evolutionary thought and studies. ... D Janzen - 《Evolution》 被引量: 1467发表: 1980年 ...
When people first started to explore the world they took plant and animal species from their home countries and introduced them wherever they went. They didn't realize that by introducing alien species they were disrupting the natural food chains of the areas they discovered. Although there are ...
Insects, which can easily climb or fly from tree to tree, make up the largest group (ants are the most abundant animal in the rainforest). Insect species have a highly symbiotic relationship with the plant life in a rainforest. The insects move from plant to plant, enjoying the wealth ...
根据第二段中"I started volunteering at the city's animal shelter,and my husband has been volunteering for a nonprofit art gallery.(我开始在市里的动物庇护所当志愿者,我的丈夫一直在一个非营利性的艺术画廊当志愿者。)"及第三段中"I'm happy to be able to help out an elderly woman I see ...
We’ve also taken on new responsibilities: I started volunteering at the city’s animal shelter, and my husband has been volunteering for a nonprofit art gallery. Being involved in this way has given each of us an increased sense of purpose and strengthened our ties to the place we live in...
Symbiotic microbes synchronize their metabolism with their hosts, thus suggesting a possible coevolution among them. Metabolites, synthesized from plants and microbes due to their association and coaction, supplement the already present metabolites, thus promoting plant growth, maintaining physiological status...
plants were proposed to be characterized in two general types: bacteria forming a symbiotic relationship with the plant and another the free-living ones found in the soil but are often found near, on, or even within the plant ... P Pandey,S Bish,A Sood,... - Springer Berlin Heidelberg ...
(K-Pg) event was a mass eradication of plant and animal lineages caused by a large asteroid impact 66 million years ago [85,86,87]. However, we did not detect any obvious decreases in the net diversification rate of Amanitaceae (Fig.3A). Varga et al. [26] also found no increased ...
The types of receptors range in scale and complexity; for example, the exposed receptor may be: • an individual person or organism; • a specific subpopulation, e.g., immunocompromised persons, asthmatic children, or an endangered plant or animal species in a habitat; • an entire ...