How important is long-distance seed dispersal for the regional survival of plant species?

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-172

  Soons, Merel B ^a   Ozinga, Wim A ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anemochory; Long distance dispersal; Seed dispersal; Species distribution; Species survival; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

SEED DISPERSAL;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AGAVE AMERICANA;

EID: 15944378760     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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