Seed dispersal in fens

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 279-284

  Middleton, Beth ^a   Van Diggelen, Rudy ^b   Jensen, Kai ^c  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesive dispersal; Biodiversity; Cattle; Conservation biology; Fragmentation; Invasive plant; Island biogeography; Polychory; Seed bank; Zoochory

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAREX STRICTA;

EID: 33846817360     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1402-2001(2006)9[279:SDIF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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