Are Introduced Species Better Dispersers Than Native Species? A Global Comparative Study of Seed Dispersal Distance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Flores Moreno, Habacuc ^a   Thomson, Fiona J ^b   Warton, David I ^a   Moles, Angela T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSAL SYNDROME; GERMINATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT PARAMETERS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED MASS; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; SEEDS;

EID: 84879265414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068541     Document Type: Article

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