Secondary dispersal by the wind of winged pine seeds across the ground surface

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 365-373

  Vander Wall, Stephen B ^a   Joyner, Jamie W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PINE; SECONDARY DISPERSAL; SEED DISPERSAL; WIND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS JEFFREYI; PINUS PODEROSA; PINUS PONDEROSA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031748229     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)139[0365:SDBTWO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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