Seed flotation and postflooding germination in tropical terra firme and seasonally flooded forest species

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 763-771

  Lopez, O R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Establishment; Floodplains; Hydrochory; Seed size; Seedling expansion rate; Tropical forests; Water dispersal

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; GERMINATION; HYDROCHORY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA;

EID: 0035662418     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-8463.2001.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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