Wing loading, not terminal velocity, is the best parameter to predict capacity of diaspores for secondary wind dispersal | Zendy

Wei Liang | Zendy; Zhimin Liu | Zendy; Minghu Liu | Zendy; Xuanping Qin | Zendy; Carol C. Baskin | Zendy; Jerry M. Baskin | Zendy; Zhiming Xin | Zendy; Zhigang Wang | Zendy; Zhi Su | Zendy; Quanlai Zhou | Zendy

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Wing loading, not terminal velocity, is the best parameter to predict capacity of diaspores for secondary wind dispersal

Author(s) -

Wei Liang,

Zhimin Liu,

Minghu Liu,

Xuanping Qin,

Carol C. Baskin,

Jerry M. Baskin,

Zhiming Xin,

Zhigang Wang,

Zhi Su,

Quanlai Zhou

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of experimental botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.616

H-Index - 242

eISSN - 1460-2431

pISSN - 0022-0957

DOI - 10.1093/jxb/eraa170

Subject(s) - diaspore (botany) , biological dispersal , terminal velocity , wing , lift (data mining) , wind tunnel , wind speed , geology , mechanics , environmental science , seed dispersal , physics , engineering , structural engineering , computer science , population , oceanography , demography , sociology , data mining

Wing loading is the best proxy for estimating the capacity of diaspores for secondary wind dispersal, which allows us to predict diaspore dispersal behaviors using readily available diaspore functional attributes.

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