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a simplified model of a food web containing Byrsonima arthropoda. VISIT VERA to learn more about the modeling tool and how to run simulations of your own

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Figure 1. Watercolour painting of Begoniarajah of an original wild-collected plant grown in the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. (Reproduced with permission of the Singapore Botanic Gardens)

In this episode of CreatureCast, the strangler fig first avoids having to sprout in the dark understory of the rainforest by growing in the tops of the trees closer to the sun, and then avoids getting too dehydrated up there by dropping roots to the forest floor. Finally it grows back up to the top of the tree, surrounding and strangling the host tree on the way, taking advantage of the tree's structural integrity to support its own hollow body.Narration by Matt Ogburn of the Edwards lab at Brown University. Artwork and editing by Sophia Tintori. Original score by Amil Byleckie. This video was funded by the National Science Foundation grant # IOS-08432321 and is release under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license. Check out CreatureCast.org for more stories about animals, plants and fungi.

Scientist-in-training Summer Praetorius has an unusual skill—she is really, really good at spotting four-leaf clovers (Trifolium repens L.). A single gene causes the normally three-leafed clover to produce a fourth, supposedly lucky, leaf. As it turns out, good science depends on both close observation—a skill Praetorius uses to spot tiny shelled animals called foraminifera—and a little bit of luck. Ari Daniel Shapiro explains. Photo Credit:KEBman read moreDuration: 4:53Published: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:40:45 +0000

Species: Populus × canescens (Aiton) Sm. Date: 2004-05-14 Location: Greystone Park NP, Harare Habitat: In marshy area below dam wall

Species: Berlinianche aethiopica (Welw.) Vattimo-Gil Date: 0000-00-00 Location: Christmas Pass, Mutare Habitat:

Species: Maerua juncea Pax subsp. juncea Date: 2005-11-17 Location: Christon Bank Habitat: Termite mound in rocky Brachystegia boehmii woodland

Species: Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.) Greene Date: 2011-12-27 Location: Road from Mt Selinda to Espungabera border post Habitat: Roadside

Species: Flemingia grahamiana Wight & Arn. Date: 2004-08-20 Location: Cecil Kop Nature Reserve, Mutare Habitat: Miombo woodland