Virtual Museum of Canada
Jardin botanique de Montréal 
Centre for Forest Research

The fruit of knowledge

Question 5 of 10: Identify which of these statements about the dispersion of fruits is incorrect.

A
This photo is an example of dispersion by an animal: the Bohemian waxwing eats the fruit, and the seed is transported some distance away from the parent tree in the bird's droppings.
B
This photo is not a good example of dispersion: the Bohemian waxwing eats the fruit, without offering a service to the tree in exchange.
C
This photo is an example of zoochory.
D
This photo illustrates neither anemochory nor hydrochory.

Bombycilla garrulus

© Jardin botanique de Montréal (Michel Sokolyk)