Are long-distance dispersal events in plants usually caused by nonstandard means of dispersal?

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1945-1956

  Higgins, S I ^a   Nathan, R ^b   Cain, M L ^c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Island colonization; Long distance dispersal; Mechanistic dispersal models; Mixture models; Morphological dispersal syndrome

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; MIGRATION; MORPHOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL;

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EID: 0344364585     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/01-0616     Document Type: Review

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