Complex interactions between the wind and ballistic seed dispersal in Impatiens glandulifera (Royle)

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 874-883

  Chapman, Daniel S ^a   Gray, Alan ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Invasion ecology; Long distance seed dispersal; Migration; Propagule pressure; Seed dispersal kernel; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPLEXITY; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MIGRATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROPAGULE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84862534265     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01977.x     Document Type: Article

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