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Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Biogeography, 2023
Aim To investigate the geographic patterns and ecological correlates in the geographic distribution of the most common tree dispersal modes in Amazonia (endozoochory, synzoochory, anemochory and hydrochory).
María Natalia Umaña   +2 more
exaly   +14 more sources

Silique valves as sails in anemochory of Lunaria (Brassicaceae)

Plant Biology, 2017
Abstract The generally held opinion that seeds of Lunaria remain at the replum after detachment of the two valves and then wind causes a shaking or rattling of the replum with its diaphragm, thus launching the seeds, is challenged. In a sparse forest in the Swabian Alb, the first author noticed flying valves of Lunaria rediviva to which the narrow ...
P. Leins, K. Fligge, C. Erbar
openaire   +2 more sources

The relative importance of different seed dispersal modes in dry Mongolian rangelands

open access: yesJournal of Arid Environments, 2010
Nomadic livestock husbandry is the main form of land use in Mongolia. Grazing impact on plant productivity has frequently been studied, but effects on dispersal modes are largely unknown.
Oliver Tackenberg   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

How do islands become green?

Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2015
Ruben Heleno, Pablo Vargas
exaly  

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