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Seed dispersal
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Sydney, Australia ;
Academic Press,
1986, ©1986
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Seed Dispersal; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. The Aerial Motion of Seeds, Fruits, Spores and Pollen; I. Introduction; II. Aerodynamic Forces and their Effects; III. Trajectory Analysis; IV. Launching and Release Mechanisms; V. Types of Trajectory: Solutions of Equations of Motion; VI. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 2. Seed Dispersal by Water; I. Introduction; II. Seed Dispersal by Rain, River and Flood; III. Evidence for Seed Dispersal by Ocean Currents.
- IV. Effective Seed Dispersal by Ocean Currents Compared to Other VectorsV. The Hazards for Seeding Establishment; VI. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3. Seed Dispersal Syndromes in Australian Acacia; I. Introduction; II. Definitions and Limitations; III. Inference of Dispersal Syndromes; IV. Principal Components Analysis; V. Seed Dispersal Syndromes; VI. Characteristics of Seed Dispersal Agents; VII. Comparison of Acacia with other Ant- and Bird-dispersed species; VIII. Ecological Consequences of Seed Dispersal; IX. Evolutionary Derivation of Dispersal Syndromes.