Plants on the move: The role of seed dispersal and initial population establishment for climate-driven range expansions

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 666-673

  Hampe, Arndt ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Dispersal pathways; Leading edge; Long distance seed dispersal; Range dynamics; Tree recruitment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FECUNDITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PIONEER SPECIES; RANGE EXPANSION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80955137481     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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