Day 862: pathogen

This study reveals the importance of litter-cover on the interactions between seedlings, herbivores and pathogens, as well as on the performance of tropical seedlings.

Artwork of the day
Tropical Forest: Battling Tiger and Buffalo
Henri Rousseau
Original Title: Dans le Foret Tropicale Combat du Tigre et du Buffle
Date: 1908

Word of the day
pathogen: any small organism, such as a virus or a bacterium that can cause disease

Quote of the day
“Love is a sickness. Some kind of a pathogen existing above all explanation.”
― Craig Davidson, Sarah Court