How far do offspring recruit from parent plants? A molecular approach to understanding effective dispersal

Seed Dispersal: Theory and its Application in a Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 277-299

  Hardesty, B D ^a,b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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