Determinants of long-distance seed dispersal by wind in grasslands

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3056-3068

  Soons, Merel B ^a   Heil, Gerrit W ^a   Nathan, Ran ^b   Katul, Gabriel G ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric stability; Dispersal experiments; Grassland; Long distance seed dispersal; Mechanistic dispersal models; Seed release height; Terminal velocity; Turbulence; Uplifting; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRASSLAND; SEED DISPERSAL; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 5444234392     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0522     Document Type: Article

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