Dispersal phenology of hydrochorous plants in relation to discharge, seed release time and buoyancy of seeds: The flood pulse concept supported

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 786-796

  Boedeltje, Ger ^a,c   Bakker, Jan P ^a   Brinke, Albert Ten ^b   Van Groenendael, Jan M ^c   Soesbergen, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Flow pulse; Hydrochory; Polychory; River restoration; Seed dispersal; Temporal dispersal; Vegetative dispersal; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DIASPORA; DISCHARGE; HYDROCHORY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; WETLAND;

EID: 5344234853     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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