BLACKSBURG, Va., March 4 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
Do chili peppers miss birds when they're gone?
For people who enjoy spice in their diet, the heat is a chili pepper's most notable characteristic. Birds, which disperse the seeds, are attracted to the color but do not feel the heat. Do the levels of heat and color change as a result of a change in its local fauna? That's what one Virginia Tech researcher is working to answer.
Seanne Clemente, a postdoctoral researcher in theCollege of Natural Resources and Environment working inHaldre Rogers' labin theDepartment of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, is studying how the disappearance of native birds on Guam may be influencing th...