Turn on the heating or not on, the indentation is there
2005/11/17 Rementeria Argote, Nagore - Elhuyar Zientziaren Komunikazioa
It cannot be said that a plant is of hot blood, but Symplocarpus foetidus is heated when it is cold. The researchers began to investigate the warming and believed that temperature data were chaotic, which made no sense. Now, however, they have found logic to this data.
It has not been easy to understand the behavior of Symplocarpus foetidus against the outside temperature. They had to use a mathematical model used to interpret long and complicated data lists, such as ecosystems or the study of time. And thanks to this mathematical model they have discovered that the behavior of this plant is simpler than it is believed: it behaves like a thermostat; when heated too much, the heating system turns off. Therefore, it behaves like the heating or oven of the house.
They know, therefore, what mathematical model it follows. Now they will have to find the biological mechanism that causes and controls this warming.
Photo: Toronto Field Naturalists.
