The Riddle of the Voodoo Tree: An Exercise in Ecological Thinking, Using the Example of the Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
| Autor: | Marcel Robischon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Mutualism (biology)
biology Sensory awareness Ecology 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology 010501 environmental sciences biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) food.food Education Geography food 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Gleditsia triacanthos Ornamental tree General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Coevolution Locust 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | The American Biology Teacher. 81:146-150 |
| ISSN: | 1938-4211 0002-7685 |
| DOI: | 10.1525/abt.2019.81.3.146 |
| Popis: | Object-based learning is an approach that aims to foster observational skills and sensory awareness. Paradoxical plant objects that do not lend themselves to all-too-easy explanations and interpretations can be used to practice the search for ecological explanations and the formation of evolutionary hypotheses. They can be the basis of particularly fruitful and rewarding learning experiences. Gleditsia triacanthos, the honey locust, is a commonly planted ornamental tree. It exhibits striking structures of defense against – and fruit that point to a mutualism with – large animals. These structures, possibly developed in coevolution with Pleistocene faunas, invite a discussion of the complex, neither fully antagonistic nor fully mutualistic, relationships between plants and animals. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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