Advantages of seed dispersal: A re-evaluation of directed dispersal

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-74

  Wenny, Daniel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Directed dispersal; Dispersal quality; Escape; Nurse plants; Recruitment foci; Safe sites; Seed dispersal; Seed shadow

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002581978     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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