Indeed.
The summary of the summary is:
"Since the days of Darwin, biologists have questioned why certain plants occur
in widely separated places, the farthest reaches of North American and the
Southern tip of South America but nowhere in between. How did they get there?
Researchers have now found an important piece of the puzzle: migratory birds
about to fly to South America from the Arctic harbor small plant parts in their
feathers.”
So, the point is that migratory species may, in some cases, be the reason for
spatially separated populations of plants that don’t have an obvious historical
connection (e.g. they exist at high latitudes in both hemispheres.)
Regards, Laurie.
On 17 Jun 2014, at 8:57 am, Nikolas Haass <> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Laurie's mails were obviously marked with :-) and ;-)
> I guess that his humorous point is that there are a few accepted records
> of AGP in Australia, and why can't they smuggle North American plants into
> Australia if the can do that to South America?
> It would certainly be interesting if PGP and other Siberian shorebirds do
> the same on 'our' flyway.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nikolas
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> On 17/06/14 8:41 AM, "robert morris" <> wrote:
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>> Exactly - that's what I read. Plant material moving between Northern
>> North America to Southern South America. Not sure where Australia comes
>> into the equation?
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On 16 Jun 2014, at 21:42, "Peter Shute" <> wrote:
>>>
>>> But they're talking about South America, aren't they, not Australia?
>>>
>>> Peter Shute
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>>> On 16 Jun 2014, at 9:37 pm, "Laurie Knight" <>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There¹s a picture of AGP in the article ;)
>>>>
>>>>> On 16 Jun 2014, at 6:57 pm, robert morris
>>>>> <> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Really? American Golden Plovers?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 16 Jun 2014, at 18:10, "Laurie Knight" <>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140612085339.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First evidence of bryophyte diaspores in the plumage of
>>>>>> transequatorial migrant birds
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