†Background and Aims Mimetic seeds simulate the appearance of fleshy fruits and arilled seeds without producing nutritive tissues as a reward for seed dispersers. In this strategy of seed dispersal, seeds may remain attached to the mother plant for long periods after maturity, increasing their availability to naı̈ve seed dispersers. The hypothesis that seed coat impermeability in many tropical F...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Mimetic seeds simulate the appearance of fleshy fruits and arilled seeds without producing nutritive tissues as a reward for seed dispersers. In this strategy of seed dispersal, seeds may remain attached to the mother plant for long periods after maturity, increasing their availability to naïve seed dispersers. The hypothesis that seed coat impermeability in many tropical Fa...

The story of J-cool—the global trade and popularity of Japanese youth goods— has been much heralded by the press and government officials in this first decade of the new millennium. Spurred by an article written in 2002 by the American journalist Douglas McGray who coined the term “Japan’s GNC” (gross national cool), the lexicon of “cool,” “Japanese cool,” “J-cool,” or “GNC,” has caught on in r...