Some mosses can survive desiccation, returning to life within a few hours of rehydration.

Propagules can survive desiccation and remain dormant for weeks, months, or even over a year until they arrive in a suitable environment.

As a result of their independence from their surroundings, they lost their ability to survive desiccation - a costly trait to retain.

Propagules can survive desiccation and remain dormant for over a year before arriving in a suitable environment.

Although desert plants go a long way toward trying it, no plant survives complete desiccation.

Some invertebrates are able to survive extreme desiccation of their tissues by entering a state of cryptobiosis.

It is known to survive desiccation for days to weeks and can be aerially transmitted [ 10 ] .

Many mosses can survive desiccation, sometimes for months, returning to life within a few hours of rehydration.

Adult nematodes can survive desiccation and lie dormant for several years.

They cannot survive desiccation and fungi are the main cause of seed loss.