New opportunities for an old method: Using fluorescent colours to measure seed dispersal

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1122-1128

  Lemke, Andreas ^a   Von Der Lippe, Moritz ^a   Kowarik, Ingo ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ailanthus altissima; Brassica napus; Clematis vitalba; Recapture rates; Secondary plant dispersal; Seed tracking; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PIGMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; TAGGING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; BRASSICA NAPUS; CLEMATIS; CLEMATIS VITALBA;

EID: 70349661862     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01691.x     Document Type: Article

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