Splash seed dispersal by raindrops

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 663-671

  Nakanishi, Hiroki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capsule; Cup shaped; Hydroscopic movement; Raindrop; Splash seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; RAINDROP; SEED DISPERSAL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

CHRYSOSPLENIUM; CRASSULACEAE; GENTIANA; GRATIOLA; JAPONICA; MAZUS; MITELLA; OPHIORRHIZA; SAGINA; SEDUM; TRIGONOTIS; TRIGONOTIS BREVIPES; VERONICA;

EID: 24944524875     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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