This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Detection of the different scales of pattern in plant communities is an important area of plant ecological research, and various tests of ...

1. Non-random spatial patterns are a common feature of plant communities. However, the mechanisms leading to their formation remain unknown. The clonal dispersal ability of a species, that is, the ...

Many animals get their external marking—like, feathers, hair or scales-from genetics. But it turns out, the crocodile gets its head patterns differently. Scientists normally explain the spectacular ...

Nature follows mathematical rules and creates repeating patterns across completely different organisms and environments.

Skin color patterns in animals arise from microscopic interactions among colored cells that obey equations, say investigators. Researchers report that a lizard acquires its adult skin color by ...