The expedition of My Camera... From nature to abstracts.. The pictures that speak hundred words in the silence. They are the Talking Pictures..."A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know." said Diane Arbus.I also believe so. This nature freaked girl grew up with the sole idea of coloring the nature in her canvas so many times... But painting them wasn't that easy either .. and so I decided to freeze them by my camera.
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Showing posts with label pollination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pollination. Show all posts
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Reproductive strategies vs Resource allocation
The act of evolution has the two key strategies when it comes to mutual interaction. Pollination service is one such natural phenomenon in ecological world. The major factors of this plant-animal interaction involves reproductive strategy by one and resource allocation by other.
The art of pollination is slightly biased by the plants where they attract the pollinators by using cues like colour, smell and rewards (can be nectar, pollens and even proteins). This can be taken as one of the classic example of how plants exploit their pollinators. Releasing nectars in small dosage keeps the pollinator hungry and hence attracts them again and again to the flowers of the plant/tree. The release of nectar in small amount is a trap lining strategy and the squirrels (also birds and bees, in many cases) hover from flower to flower to flowers in search of the resource thus aiding pollination, and benefiting the plant.
Squirrels (The Indian Palm Squirrel, Funambulus palmarum) being opportunists, don't leave the golden chance and hence usually fights between fellow mates (mostly males, in this case) are seen over resource (nectar) hunting.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Bee Buzz

Bee buzz, my favorite photographic theme, back again... pollination feista..
The raze about pollination started from a long time and chasing the bees and birds and butterflies have been my fantasy, coming true with my CANON S3 IS. Thanks to my great Mommy for gifting me the cam-A great deal was that and the great generousity and love shown by her ..
Current Mood: Content and Gratitude(for dear mom)
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bee,
bee buzz,
canon S3IS,
flower,
nature,
pollination
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