Seed dispersal by wind: Towards a conceptual framework of seed abscission and its contribution to long-distance dispersal

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 889-904

  Pazos, Gustavo E ^a   Greene, David F ^b   Katul, Gabriel ^c   Bertiller, Mónica B ^a   Soons, Merel B ^d  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anemochory; Coupled Eulerian Lagrangian closure (CELC) model; Diaspore abscission; Dispersal; Drag; Seed oscillation; Seed release; Seed vibration; Stress strain relationship; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

ABSCISSION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GRASS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEED DISPERSAL; VIBRATION; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY;

PATAGONIA;

POACEAE;

EID: 84879602760     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12103     Document Type: Article

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