Roles of seed dispersal and environmental filters in establishment of the dominant shrubs: Morella cerifera and M. pensylvanica, on an Atlantic barrier island
Patterns of the expansion of woody cover into grasslands on barrier islands of the Virginia coast were investigated. Seed dispersal of the dominant shrub Morella spp., was sampled deploying seed traps (n = 82) throughout a landscape under shrub encroachment pressure on Hog Island, VA. Traps were pla...
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VCU Scholars Compass
2014
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| Online Access: | http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3372 http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4371&context=etd |