Secondary seed dispersal in Montrichardia arborescens (L.) schott dominated wetlands in laguna grande, Venezuela

Plant Ecology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-190

  Gordon, Elizabeth ^a   Van Der Valk, Arnold G ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrochory; Seed bank; Seed dispersal; Tropical lake; Tropical wetlands

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DRY SEASON; HYDROCHORY; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; WET SEASON; WETLAND;

VENEZUELA;

CYPERUS; CYPERUS ODORATUS; ELEOCHARIS; ELEOCHARIS INTERSTINCTA; FUNASTRUM CLAUSUM; HAMELIA; HAMELIA PATENS; HARA; LAGUNA; LUDWIGIA; LUDWIGIA HYSSOPIFOLIA; MIKANIA; MIKANIA CORDIFOLIA; MONTRICHARDIA; MONTRICHARDIA ARBORESCENS; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM ACUMINATUM; SACCIOLEPIS STRIATA; SARCOSTEMMA; VITIS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0041663677     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024421324294     Document Type: Article

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