Size matters for violent discharge height and settling speed of Sphagnum spores: Important attributes for dispersal potential

Annals of Botany

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 291-300

  Sundberg, Sebastian ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Explosive capsules; Long distance dispersal; Peat moss; Peatland; Settling speed; Sphagnum; Spore; Spore capsule; Sweden; Terminal velocity; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; DISPERSAL; PEATLAND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 76649140818     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp288     Document Type: Article

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