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Science 26 August 1977:
Vol. 197. no. 4306, pp. 885 - 886
DOI: 10.1126/science.197.4306.885
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Plant-Animal Mutualism: Coevolution with Dodo Leads to Near Extinction of Plant

STANLEY A. TEMPLE 1

1 Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706

An endemic sapotaceous tree Calvaria major found on the island of Mauritius is nearly extinct because its seeds apparently required passage through the digestive tract of the now-extinct dodo Raphus cucullatus to overcome persistent seed coat dormancy caused by a specially thickened endocarp.

Submitted on April 18, 1977
Revised on May 16, 1977


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