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Measuring spore settling velocity for an improved assessment of dispersal rates in mosses

Author(s) -

Florian Zanatta,

Jairo Patiño,

Frédéric Lebeau,

Mathieu Massi,

Kristofer Hylander,

Myriam de Haan,

Petra Ballings,

Jérôme Degreef,

Alain Vanderpoorten

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcw092

Subject(s) - settling , biological dispersal , spore , biology , moss , range (aeronautics) , ecology , botany , environmental science , population , materials science , demography , environmental engineering , sociology , composite material

The settling velocity of diaspores is a key parameter for the measurement of dispersal ability in wind-dispersed plants and one of the most relevant parameters in explicit dispersal models, but remains largely undocumented in bryophytes. The settling velocities of moss spores were measured and it was determined whether settling velocities can be derived from spore diameter using Stokes' Law or if specific traits of spore ornamentation cause departures from theoretical expectations.

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