Water and boating activity as dispersal vectors for Schinus terebinthifolius (Brazilian pepper) seeds in freshwater and estuarine habitats

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 960-968

  Donnelly, Melinda J ^a   Walters, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Hydrochory; Invasive species; Water dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BOATING; BUOYANCY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; GERMINATION; HYDROCHORY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; SHORELINE; SHRUB; SURVIVAL;

SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; MAMMALIA; SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 52949143826     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9092-1     Document Type: Article

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