Paleocene wind-dispersed fruits and seeds from Colombia and their implications for early Neotropical rainforests

Paleocene wind-dispersed fruits and seeds from Colombia and their implications for early Neotropical rainforests

Extant Neotropical rainforests are well known for their remarkable diversity of fruit and seed types. Biotic agents disperse most of these disseminules, whereas wind dispersal is less common. Although wind-dispersed fruits and seeds are greatly overshadowed in closed rainforests, many important fami...

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Main Authors: Herrera Fabiany, Manchester Steven R., Carvalho Mónica R., Jaramillo Carlos, Wing Scott L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences 2014-12-01
Series:Acta Palaeobotanica
Subjects:
Fossils
Malvaceae
Ulmaceae
Neotropics
Paleocene
wind dispersal syndromes
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