Human-mediated long-distance dispersal: An empirical evaluation of seed dispersal by vehicles

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 942-951

  Taylor, Kimberley ^a   Brummer, Tyler ^a   Taper, Mark L ^a,b   Wing, Alexandre ^a   Rew, Lisa J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human mediated dispersal; Long distance dispersal; Non native plant invasions; Seed dispersal; Seed retention curves; Vehicle dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEED DISPERSAL; VEHICLE COMPONENT;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864961108     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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