Water dispersal as an additional pathway to invasions by the primarily wind-dispersed tree Ailanthus altissima

Plant Ecology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-252

  Kowarik, Ingo ^a   Säumel, Ina ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germination; Hydrochory; Plant invasion; Secondary dispersal; Tree of heaven; Vegetative regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; HYDROCHORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PROPAGULE; REGENERATION;

AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA;

EID: 50849119105     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9398-x     Document Type: Article

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