Autumn colours may be a safety mechanism for trees, say researchers
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 13:42
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- One sign of autumn is the leaves turning colour, but why do some turn red? This question has baffled biologists for decades, and many ideas have been put forward to explain leaf colour change in autumn. Now, Dr Thomas Döring, a visiting post-doc in the Division of Biology at Imperial College London, has come up with a new possible explanation.
