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The news that a flowering weed—mousear cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)—can sense the particular chewing noise of its most common caterpillar predator and adjus
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Plant-Animal Communication
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Communication is an essential factor underpinning the interactions between species and the structure of their communities. Plant-animal interactions are particu
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The eighteenth-century naturalist Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of Charles) argued that plants are animate, living beings and attributed them sensation, movement,
Biocommunication of Plants
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Plants are sessile, highly sensitive organisms that actively compete for environmental resources both above and below the ground. They assess their surroundings