Greta's Garbo: Stranded seeds and fruits from Greta Beach, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 937-946

  Green, P T ^a,b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Christmas Island; Drift disseminules; Indian Ocean; Oceanic island; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FRUIT; SEED; SPECIES INVENTORY;

CHRISTMAS ISLAND;

CAESALPINIA BONDUC; CALOPHYLLUM MOPHYLLUM; DIOCLEA; DIOCLEA HEXANDRA; ENTADA; ERYTHRINA; ERYTHRINA FUSCA; GUETTARDA SPECIOSA; HERITIERA LITTORALIS; HERNANDIA OVIGERA; MUCUNA GIGANTEA; TERMINALIA CATAPPA;

EID: 0033451537     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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