The benefits of Iguanas

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Wilson González Espada
Usando pruebas estadísticas, los científicos descubrieron que las iguanas ayudan en la germinación de higos tropicales, flamboyán amarillo y pterocarpus. (Archivo/GFR Media)

Puertorrican ecologists, Jhoset Burgos Rodríguez and Kevin Avilés Rodríguez, in collaboration with Jason Kolbe from the Biological Sciences Department at the University of Rhode Island, described the ecological contribution of Iguanas. Their study documents the role of these reptiles in seed dispertion and germination.

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