Secondary dispersal of tree seeds on snow

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-340

  Greene, D F ^a   Johnson, E A ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Wind dispersal; Wing loading

Indexed keywords

SEED DISPERSAL; SNOW; TREE; WIND DISPERSAL;

BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030878530     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960505     Document Type: Article

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