Seed floating ability and distribution of alpine plants along a northern Swedish river

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 271-276

  Danvind, Maria ^a   Nilsson, Christer ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Downstream dispersal; Hydrochory; Riparian plant; Seed buoyancy; Vindel River

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031441154     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237356     Document Type: Article

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