Modeling long-distance dispersal of plant diaspores by wind

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-189

  Tackenberg, Oliver ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersal distances; Falling velocity; Long distance dispersal; Plant diaspores; Plume model; Seed dispersal; Seed shadows; Thermal updrafts; Topography; Trajectory model; Turbulence; Wind dispersal model

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PROPAGULE; SEED DISPERSAL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENCE; WEATHER;

EID: 0038170283     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2003)073[0173:MLDOPD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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