Lily, Emily and co. published the results of their screening of migratory bird feathers for diaspores:

First evidence of bryophyte diaspores in the plumage of transequatorial migrant birds

It is featured by Science magazine, the BBC, Le Figaro (France), …

Congratulations to Lily and Emily.

Media coverage:

http://www.audubonmagazine.org/articles/nature/migratory-birds-may-ferry-mosses-around-world#.U5s1JzPrawc.twitter

http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/plants-hitch-a-lift-on-migrating-birds/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/15/plants-hitchhike-birds_n_5492433.html

http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2014/06/13/stories/1060001256

http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/06/plants-hitchhike-wings-birds

http://news.discovery.com/animals/tiny-plants-travel-around-the-world-via-bird-wings-140611.htm

http://phys.org/news/2014-06-tiny-coattails-migratory-birds.html

http://www.sciencecodex.com/tiny_plants_ride_on_the_coattails_of_migratory_birds-135530

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/27798623

http://newsongreen.org/tiny-plants-ride-on-the-coattails-of-migratory-birds/

http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/Tiny-plants-ride-on-the-coattails-of-migratory-birds-36222-1/

http://www.sciencenewsline.com/articles/2014061219030033.html

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113168703/tiny-plant-fragments-ride-new-locations-migrating-birds-061214/

http://beforeitsnews.com/science-and-technology/2014/06/feathers-of-migrating-birds-carry-plant-fragments-to-new-locations-2700770.html

http://dannyboston.blogspot.com/2014/06/tiny-plants-travel-around-world-via.html

http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2014/06/migratory-birds-help-spread-plant-species-uconn-study/

http://saypeople.com/2014/06/12/tiny-plants-ride-on-the-coattails-of-migratory-birds/#axzz34SptNDU2

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140612085339.htm

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2014/06/12/tiny.plants.ride.coattails.migratory.birds

http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/15414/20140613/tiny-plants-ride-feathers-migratory-birds-thousands-miles.htm

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-06/p-tpr060514.php

http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-1208826-805630.html

http://www.uux.cn/viewnews-61378.html

http://www.zmnh.com/html/6539.htm

http://www.tcxqw.com/news/201406/13971.html

http://www.bio1000.com/reseach/environment/499791.html

 

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