Plant dispersal: The role of man

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1484-1496

  Hodkinson, Dunmail J ^a,b   Thompson, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Garden escapes; Horticulture; Seed bank; Soil movement; Topsoil

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED PLANT; PLANT DISPERSAL; SEED DISPERSAL;

ENGLAND; UK;

EID: 0031464445     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405264     Document Type: Article

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