Dispersal of seeds by the tropical sea breeze

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-125

  Greene, D F ^a   Quesada, M ^b   Calogeropoulos, C ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Abscission; Anisotropy; Diurnal local air circulation; Island, coast, and montane seed dispersal; Mexican tropical fruit; Pollen dispersal; Relative humidity and ascission; Seed dispersal; Wind speed and dispersal

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COASTAL ZONE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ISLAND; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; POLLEN; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA BREEZE; SEED DISPERSAL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; TIME; WIND;

METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; POLLEN; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS; WIND;

JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 40449100268     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0781.1     Document Type: Article

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