Are the best dispersers the best colonizers? Seed mass, dispersal and establishment in Carduus thistles
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Seed mass, dispersal and establishment in Carduus thistles
19 The negative correlation between dispersal and establishment appears to be well documented 20 in the plant literature; smaller seeds tend to disperse better but germinate less well, and 21 produce smaller seedlings. However, because dispersal capacity is often quantified using 22 proxies, such as the settling velocity of wind-dispersed seeds, little is known about the exact 23 shape of this ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evolutionary Ecology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0269-7653,1573-8477
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9391-4