Evolution of limited seed dispersal ability on gypsum islands

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1811-1822

  Schenk, John J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemochory; Dispersal ecology; Edaphic island; Functional morphology; Gypsophily; Loasaceae; Mentzelia; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GYPSUM; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEED DISPERSAL; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANEMOCHORY; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISPERSAL ECOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EDAPHIC ISLAND; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETICS; GYPSOPHILY; HISTOLOGY; LOASACEAE; MENTZELIA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEED DISPERSAL; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANEMOCHORY; DISPERSAL ECOLOGY; EDAPHIC ISLAND; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GYPSOPHILY; LOASACEAE; MENTZELIA; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS; SOIL;

EID: 84884177587     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1300075     Document Type: Article

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