The Biology Refugia

A group blog highlighting ecology, evolution and biodiversity, and other aspects of biology.

Friday, March 23, 2007

Indirect Dependence and Extinction

Something new that was highlighted in Science Daily:

Neighbors gone, sex gone, fruits gone, species gone. This is the ultra-short conclusion of the findings in a study by Dennis Hansen, Heine Kiesbüy, and Christine Müller from Zurich University, and Carl Jones from the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, who found that an endangered plant in Mauritius depends on a neighboring plant to provide a safe home for its pollinator, a day-active gecko.

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