Plant dispersal in a lowland stream in relation to occurrence and three specific life-history traits of the species in the species pool

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 855-866

  Boedeltje, Ger ^a,b   Bakker, Jan P ^a   Bekker, Renée M ^a   Van Groenendael, Jan M ^b   Soesbergen, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hydrochory; Plant height; Seed buoyancy; Seed dispersal; Seed production; Vegetative dispersal

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DIASPORA; DISPERSAL; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SEED PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM;

RIPARIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0141958796     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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