Human-mediated dispersal of seeds over long distances

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1656, 2009, Pages 523-532

  Wichmann, Matthias C ^a   Alexander, Matt J ^a   Soons, Merel B ^b   Galsworthy, Stephen ^a,c   Dunne, Laura ^a   Gould, Robert ^a   Fairfax, Christina ^a   Niggemann, Marc ^d   Hails, Rosie S ^a   Bullock, James M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human impacts; Human mediated dispersal; Long distance dispersal; Mechanistic models; Shoe dispersal; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; PROPAGULE; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND FORCING;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WIND;

EID: 58149111103     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1131     Document Type: Article

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