Human effects on long-distance wind dispersal and colonization by grassland plants

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3069-3079

  Soons, Merel B ^a   Nathan, Ran ^b   Katul, Gabriel G ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemochory; Climate change; Dispersal model; Eutrophication; Habitat fragmentation; Long distance seed dispersal; Mechanistic model; Population size; Productivity; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EUTROPHICATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

EID: 9244233378     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0398     Document Type: Article

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