Assessment of wind dispersal potential in plant species

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-205

  Tackenberg, Oliver ^a,b   Poschlod, Peter ^a,b   Bonn, Susanne ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diaspore morphology; Dispersal distance spectra; Dispersal probability; Falling velocity; Long distance dispersal; Seed dispersal; Seed morphology; Simulation model; Wind dispersal model; Wind dispersal potential

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; PROPAGULE; SEED DISPERSAL; WEATHER;

EID: 0038170281     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2003)073[0191:AOWDPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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