The relentless pursuit of showy flowers for garden display – as seen at Chelsea Flower Show – has seen some odd uses of radiation and chemicals .
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Next time you reach for the honey, spare a thought for the other vital insects that pollinate our crops.
In Australia, honeyeaters are far and away the most abundant and important nectar-feeding birds, so also the most important avian pollinators of flowers. What effect has their visual perception had on…
Newly-discovered fossilised pollen grains found in Swizerland have set the evolution of flowers to 100 million years earlier…
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Extension Agent, University of Florida
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PhD Candidate, Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Laboratory and Technical Support Officer, Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University
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Professor of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture, Mississippi State University
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Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Profesor in Community Ecology, University of New England
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Lecturer in Ornithology, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
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Reader in Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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