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ArticleeLife2022

Environmental morphing enables informed dispersal of the dandelion diaspore.

Madeleine Seale, Oleksandr Zhdanov, Merel B Soons, Cathal Cummins, Erika Kroll, Michael R Blatt, Hossein Zare-Behtash, Angela Busse, Enrico Mastropaolo, James M Bullock and 2 more

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Article in eLife, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Madeleine SealeSchool of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Oleksandr ZhdanovJames Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1742-9765
Merel B SoonsEcology & Biodiversity group, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Cathal CumminsSchool of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Erika KrollSchool of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-8832-7208
Michael R BlattLaboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Hossein Zare-BehtashJames Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Angela BusseJames Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Enrico MastropaoloSchool of Engineering, Institute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
James M BullockUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom.
Ignazio M ViolaSchool of Engineering, Institute for Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-3831-8423
Naomi NakayamaSchool of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9390-3545

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council P011586/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council T006153/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animal migration is highly sensitised to environmental cues, but plant dispersal is considered largely passive. The common dandelion,

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Seed DispersalTaraxacumAnimalsPlantsSeedsbiomechanicsdandelionmechanical ecologyphysics of living systemsplant aerodynamicsplant biologyseed dispersalTaraxacum officinale

Identifiers

PMID36445222
PMCPMC9797189

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