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Interview with a Vampire

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Back Garden Biology
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Find out how plants like mistletoe and hayrattle extract resources from their hosts and how hayrattle engages in a game of rock, paper, scissors, that makes managing meadows a whole lot easier.
Around half of the species on our planet are parasites. Plants can play this game, being either partially or fully parasitic on their hosts. Find out how plants like mistletoe and hayrattle extract resources from their hosts and how hayrattle engages in a game of rock, paper, scissors, that makes managing meadows a whole lot easier.

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Back Garden Biology
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Lindsay Turnbull
Keywords
parasite
hay-rattle
meadows
wild-flowers
restoration
ecology
Department: Department of Plant Sciences
Date Added: 10/07/2020
Duration: 00:14:36

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