The fate of the missing spores--patterns of realized dispersal beyond the closest vicinity of a sporulating moss.

It is well-known that many species with small diaspores can disperse far during extended temporal scales (many years). However, studies on short temporal scales usually only cover short distances (in, e.g., bryophytes up to 15 m). By using a novel experimental design, studying the realized dispersal...

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Main Authors: Niklas Lönnell, Kristoffer Hylander, Bengt Gunnar Jonsson, Sebastian Sundberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3411459?pdf=render