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It Pays to Be a Relative
Plants communicate. They do. Ecologist Richard Karban, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology, points out that one of the simplest forms of communication involves shade. When a plant is shaded, it grows away from the plant or other object that's shading it. Today he published...
Grasshopper feeding on sagebrush. (Photo courtesy of Rick Karban)
Rick Karban collecting volatile (chemical) cues.
