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	Tambalacoque - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stanley Temple put forward the theory that the dodo, which became extinct in the 17th century, ate the seeds of the tree, and only by passing through the digestive tract of the dodo did the seeds become active and start to grow.
		However, this theory that the tree required the dodo has been contested; others have suggested the decline of the tree was exaggerated, or that other extinct animals may also have been distributing the seeds, such as tortoises, fruit bats or native parrots.
		The decline of the tree is possibly because of introduced pigs and monkeys and competition with introduced plants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dodo_tree (385 words)

	Dodo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As Mauritius has marked dry and wet seasons, the dodo probably fattened itself on ripe fruits at the end of the wet season to live through the dry season where food was scarce; contemporary reports speak of the birds' "greedy" appetite.
		Dodos were hardly ever eaten by the Portuguese, who found the dodos hard to eat and very messy.
		It was discovered that the dodos ate the seeds of the tree, and only by passing through the digestive tract of the dodo did the seeds become active and start to grow.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dodo (1495 words)

	Tree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Trees are important components of the natural landscape and significant elements in landscaping, and in agriculture supplying orchard crops (such as apples).
		The earliest trees were tree ferns and horsetails, which grew in vast forests in the Carboniferous Period; tree ferns still survive, but the only surviving horsetails are not of tree form.
		The oldest trees are determined by growth ring counts in cores taken from the edge to the centre of the tree or from entire cross-sections.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tree (2023 words)

	Dodo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		David Roberts states that "the extinction of the dodo is commonly dated to the last confirmed sighting in 1662, reported by [ shipwrecked mariner] Volkert Evertsz" and points out that because the previous sighting was in 1638 (ie 24 years earlier), the dodo was likely very rare by the 1660s.
		The last dodo was killed in 1681, only 80 years after their discovery, and no complete specimens are preserved, although a number of museums are home to dodo skeletons.
		Recently, scientists discovered that a species of tree on Mauritius, the dodo tree, was dying out.
	www.encyclopedia-1.com /d/do/dodo.html (784 words)

	Dodo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		David Roberts states that "the extinction of the dodo is commonly dated to the last confirmed sighting in 1662, reported by [ shipwrecked mariner] Volkert Evertsz " and pointsout that because the previous sighting was in 1638 (ie 24 years earlier), the dodo waslikely very rare by the 1660s.
		The last dodo was killed in 1681, only 80 years after their discovery, and no completespecimens are preserved, although a number of museums are home to dodo skeletons.
		It was discoveredthat the dodos ate the seeds of the tree, and only by passing through the digestive tract of the dodo did the seeds become activeand start to grow.
	www.therfcc.org /dodo-18065.html (773 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus, called Didus ineptus by Linnaeus) was a meter-high (yard-high) flightless bird of the island of Mauritius.
		The tree species has been saved, and it is now called dodo tree.
		Dodo (1614-1649) was a Manchu prince and general.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/d/do/dodo.html (620 words)

	Recently Extinct Animals - Species Info - Dodo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The theory that the tree required the dodo had been put forward by Stanley Temple and this theory has been debated a lot and others have suggested that the decline of the tree was exaggerated, or that other extinct animals may also have been distributing the seeds.
		All that remains of the dodo is a head and foot at Oxford University Museum of Natural History, a foot in the British Museum in London, a head in Copenhagen, and a variety of bones strewn across museums in Europe, the United States and Mauritius.
		Two (also extinct) nearest relatives of the dodo which lived also on the Mascarenes, were the Réunion Solitaire (Raphus solitarius) which lived on the island Réunion and the Rodriguez Solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria) which lived on the island Rodriguez.
	home.hetnet.nl /~harrie.maas/speciesinfo/dodobird.htm (2203 words)

	Tree
		Trees are important components of the natural landscape and significant elements in landscaping.
		As a tree grows, it creates growth rings, which can be counted in temperate climates to determine the age of the tree, and used to date cores or even lumber taken from trees in the past, using the science of dendrochronology.
		Trees occur in many diverse families of plants, and thus show a wide variety of leaf types and shapes, bark, flowers, fruit, etc. The earliest trees were probably tree ferns, which grew in vast forests.
	www.backyardagora.com /glossary/tree.htm (647 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sri Maha Bodhi is a Sacred Fig tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
		Adansonia – Baobab Bombax – Silk_cotton tree Ceiba – Kapok Durio – Durian Ochroma – Balsa The Bombacaceae is a family of tropical trees in the order Malvales, closely related to the mallow family (Malvaceae), and often included in it, being distinguishable from that family only by the smooth pollen, and larger mature tree stature.
		Washington, D.C. Tidal Basin showing cherry trees in flower Cherry tree blossoms A cherry (originally cherise reinterpreted as a plural, from the Old Norman French word, in turn from Latin cerasum) is both a tree and its fleshy fruit, a type known as a drupe with a single hard...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tree (8746 words)

	Recently Extinct Animals - Dodo - Raphus calculatus
		It was thought that with the disappearing of the dodo, the Calvaria tree went also almost extinct.
		Their analysis shows the dodo to be close relative, with its nearest living relative the Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) from the Nicobar Islands and nearby south-east Asia.
		300 Pearls - Dodo - The archetype of an extinct animal.
	home.conceptsfa.nl /~pmaas/rea/dodobird.htm (1447 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Dodotonation
		Dodos lived on Mauritius one of the Mascarene Islands, a volcanic island in the Indian Ocean just east of Madagascar for quite possibly millions of years.
		Dodos evolved, probably on these islands, from a flying bird to the friendly walking bird the first humans found.
		The extinction of the dodo endangered the Calvaria tree, Sideroxylon grandiflorum.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A4279980 (1206 words)

	Dodo tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tambalacoque (also called the dodo tree) Sideroxylon grandiflorum in the Sapotaceae family, formerly Calvariamajor, are long-lived trees endemic to Mauritius.
		Stanley Temple put forward the theory that the dodo, which becameextinct in 1681, ate the seeds of the tree, and only by passing through the digestive tractof the dodo did the seeds become active and start to grow.
		The dodo tree is valued on Mauritius for its timber; the foresters now scrape the pits by hand in order to get them tosprout, rather than feeding them to turkeys.
	www.therfcc.org /dodo-tree-168117.html (300 words)

	BBC News \| SCI/TECH \| DNA yields dodo family secrets
		Their analysis shows the dodo and the solitaire to be close relatives, with their nearest living relative the Nicobar pigeon Caloenas nicobarica from the Nicobar Islands and nearby south-east Asia.
		The dodo was a flightless bird, bigger than a turkey, living on Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.
		All that remains of the dodo is a head and foot at Oxford, a foot in the British Museum in London, a head in Copenhagen, and a variety of bones strewn across museums in Europe, the US and Mauritius.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/1847431.stm (460 words)

	Tambalacoque : Dodo tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Stanley Temple[?] put forward the theory that the dodo, which became extinct in 1681, ate the seeds of the tree, and only by passing through the digestive tract of the dodo did the seeds become active and start to grow.
		The dodo tree is valued on Mauritius for its timber; the foresters now scrape the pits by hand in order to get them to sprout, rather than feeding them to turkeys.
		However, this theory that the tree required the dodo has been debated: others have suggested that the decline of the tree was exaggerated, or that other extinct animals may also have been distributing the seeds.
	www.eurofreehost.com /do/Dodo_tree.html (381 words)

	Dodo Bird - Bagheera
		The dodo bird inhabited the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, where it lived undisturbed for so long that it lost its need and ability to fly.
		Although the tale of the dodo's demise is well documented, no complete specimens of the bird were preserved; there are only fragments and sketches.
		It turns out that the dodo ate the fruit of this tree, and it was only by passing through the dodo's digestive system that the seeds became active and could grow.
	www.bagheera.com /inthewild/ext_dodobird.htm (573 words)

	flora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The demise of the dodo was followed by the decimation of virgin forest.
		Indigenous trees such as the ebony are protected species and are found in the upland of the Macchabee Forest along with the natte tree and tambalacoque or dodo tree.
		In the lowland areas imported trees consist of acacia, coconut palm, albizia, the badamier or Indian Almond and the banyan.
	www.mauritius.org.uk /flora.htm (1002 words)

	Environmental impact : The Tragedy of the Dodo (1598-1681) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The tragedy of the dodo highlights the potential effects mankind can have upon the environment, and the ease with which humanity can disrupt the delicate balance of an ecosystem by eradicating whole species.
		The dodo was such a unique species of bird, that some three centuries later, it is still remembered as a symbol of the harm mankind can bring to the environment.
		As the memory of the dodo and the legacy of ecovandalism lives on, we must not forget to take heed of such a warning - particularly as more and more species are brought to the point of extinction.
	www.davidreilly.com /dodo/impact.html (264 words)

	Dodo - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		David Roberts states that "the extinction of the dodo is commonly dated to the last confirmed sighting in 1662, reported by shipwrecked mariner Volkert Evertsz ", but other sources suggest 1681.
		DNA analysis using the foot of the Dodo and the thigh bone of the Rodrigues Solitaire has recently confirmed that the Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire were, as expected, each others closest relative.
		More surprisingly, the research suggested that these birds were much closer taxonomically to the true pigeons than previously thought, and were particularly close to the Nicobar Pigeon, Caloenus nicobarica.
	www.iridis.com /Dodo (868 words)

	Dodo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		There are no museum specimens of the dodo still extant today, but from artists' renditions we know that the dodo had blue-grey plumage, a 23-centimetre (9-inch) flish hooked bill with reddish point, very small useless wings, stout yellow legs, and a tuft of curly feathers high on its rear end.
		Two similar dodo-like species were found on islands near Mauritius: in 1613 the Réunion Solitaire, Raphus solitarius on Réunion, and in 1691 the Rodrigues Solitaire, Pezophaps solitarius on Rodrigues.
		The Dodo is also the name of a character in the children's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
	www.theezine.net /d/dodo.html (612 words)

	DODO
		Although this bird was called the DODO, 1598 - 1681 an extinct, flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius, the star and key of the Indian Ocean, near Africa, wasn't a stupid bird.
		With the extinction of the dodo, hence the phrase "dead as a dodo," came the end of the
		There are no dodos today for scientist to examine, and paintings and drawings of this wingless bird are all very different in size.
	www.aboutmauritius.co.uk /dodo.htm (466 words)

	Aaron Paquette Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Dodo was a flightless bird on the island of Mauritius.
		Portuguese and later Dutch sailors hunted the Dodo to extinction as it was an easy source of protein for sailors who had been long from port.
		Often, a tree will drop fruit that is attractive to a certain animal, and by eating this fruit, passing it through its digestive tract, it allows the seeds in the fruit to germinate and start the journey of growing into a new tree.
	www3.telus.net /paquette/2004/05/dodo-birds-heres-history-lesson-dodo.html (558 words)

	ForestsAndPeople3
		The "living dead" are plant species that are still represented by living individuals but are incapable of reproducing because the animals on which their reproductive cycle depends have been eliminated from the ecosystem.
		A well-known example is the calvaria tree (Sideroxylon majus) on the island of Mauritius, which ceased regenerating following the extinction of the dodo (Raphus cacullatus), because its seeds could not germinate without passing through the gizzard of a dodo.
		The tree species was saved when experiments demonstrated that the seeds would germinate if they passed through the gizzard of a domestic turkey.
	www.the-tree.org.uk /EnchantedForest/forestsandpeople3.htm (931 words)

	DNA Retrieved From Extinct Dodo Bird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Oxford's specimen, known as the "Alice in Wonderland" dodo because it is thought to have inspired Lewis Carroll's "Dodo" character, is the world's largest remains of the bird, which has achieved a near-mythological status.
		Zoologist Malgosia Nowak-Kemp, keeper of Oxford's dodo remains, said the bird was the world's most recognized symbol of extinction, prompting the phrase "as dead as a dodo."
		The research aimed to uncover the dodo's family tree and discover its living relatives.
	www.rense.com /general20/ext.htm (270 words)

	Rebuilding the Dodo from it's DNA
		Ecologists, however, have warned that bringing back an animal resembling the dodo might persuade the public that there is no longer any need to protect endangered species, as any creatures wiped out by man could be recreated.
		Dr Eric Harley, a scientist at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, is using the same method to try to resurrect the quagga, a type of African horse wiped out by hunters 100 years ago, by selectively breeding the closely related plains zebras that still carry the quagga's genes.
		Experts believe the dodo's ancestors flew to Mauritius - an Indian Ocean island the size of Sussex - within the last million years, and in the absence of predators evolved into large, flightless animals that foraged for food on the forest floor.
	www.birds.mu /Extinct/DodoRebuild.htm (632 words)

	Dodo Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The dodo, Raphus cucullatus, was a turkey-sized flightless bird that went extinct around 1681.
		Diet: The dodo ate ripe fruit that fell to the ground, eating the fruit of the Calvaria major tree (which is often called the dodo tree).
		This long-living tree is now in danger of extinction since it depended on the dodo for its own reproduction; its seed can only germinate (sprout) after going through the digestive system of the dodo (the seed has a very thick coating).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/birds/printouts/Dodo.shtml (328 words)

	Dodo Tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		ArticleThis tree was because of its interdependance with the dodo bird.
		With the extinction of the dodo bird, the dodo tree seemed to be destined to follow.
		It worked, and the dodo tree lives on, at least for the time being.
	www.lurkanica.com /Monsters/dodo-tree.htm (143 words)

	dodo - definition of dodo by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		But Eva bent to the other side of the horse, where Dodo was standing, and said, as he relinquished the reins,--"That's a good boy, Dodo;--thank you
		It was high time to go, for the pool was getting quite crowded with the birds and animals that had fallen into it: there were a Duck and a Dodo, a Lory and an Eaglet, and several other curious creatures.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	dict.thefreelibrary.com /Dodo (322 words)

	Recently Extinct Animals - Species Info - Reunion Solitaire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Two (also extinct) nearest relatives of the Rodrigues solitaire which lived also on the Mascarenes, were the Rodriguez Solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria) which lived on the island Réunion and the famous dodo (Raphus cucullatus) which lived on the island Mauritius.
		Researchers at the University of Oxford, UK, have taken samples from a preserved specimen in an attempt to uncover the extinct dodo bird's family tree in 2002.
		The Oxford team worked with the Natural History Museum to collect and analyse genetic material from a preserved dodo, from the similarly extinct Rodrigues solitaire bird, and from another 35 kinds of living pigeon and dove.
	home.hetnet.nl /~harrie.maas/speciesinfo/reunionsolitaire.htm (514 words)

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