Testing mechanistic models of seed dispersal for the invasive Rhododendron ponticum (L.)

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-28

  Stephenson, Catriona M ^a,b   Kohn, Deborah D ^b,c,d   Park, Kirsty J ^b   Atkinson, Rachel ^b,f   Edwards, Colin ^g   Travis, Justin M ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^g Forest Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscission; Dispersal kernel; Invasive alien species; Spatial spread; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

ABSCISSION; INVASIVE SPECIES; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB; WIND VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ERICACEAE; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON PONTICUM;

EID: 34848912213     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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