<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="m_6133748340447265029gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><font face="Roboto">By William Salter - March 25, 2019</font><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Roboto"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Mutualistic relationships between different species are common in all ecosystems however double mutualisms, where two interacting species benefit each other for two different functions, e.g. pollination and seed dispersal, have been less well documented...</span><font face="Roboto">A recent study by Fuster & Traveset published in AoBP provides evidence of a double mutualistic relationship between the Balearic endemic lizard Podarcis lilfordi and the plant Ephedra fragilis. This relationship constitutes one of the five pollination/seed dispersal double mutualisms found around the world between an animal and a gymnosperm. It also represents the first double mutualism reported in the Mediterranean region. Although P. lilfordi only contributes slightly to the pollination of E. fragilis, it does play a crucial role in the seed dispersal process. In return the plants feeds its only seed disperser in this islet, by means of pollination drops and the fleshy cone scales.</font> </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"> <br></font><div></div></div><div><font color="#000000">Read more: </font><a href="https://www.botany.one/2019/03/evidence-for-a-double-mutualistic-interaction-between-a-lizard-and-a-mediterranean-gymnosperm/" target="_blank">https://www.botany.one/2019/03/evidence-for-a-double-mutualistic-interaction-between-a-lizard-and-a-mediterranean-gymnosperm/</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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