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WIND‐BORNE SEED AND FRUIT MOVEMENT
Author(s) -
BURROWS F. M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1975.tb01404.x
Subject(s) - biological dispersal , salient , aerodynamics , range (aeronautics) , deposition (geology) , movement (music) , flow (mathematics) , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , biology , geology , computer science , mechanics , aerospace engineering , physics , engineering , paleontology , acoustics , population , demography , sediment , sociology , artificial intelligence
SUMMARY Seeds and fruits of widely differing sizes and shapes and which employ different flight styles in wind‐borne movement during dispersal are discussed qualitatively in general aerodynamic terms, and grouped according to aerodynamic rather than botanical features. Most of these groups are considered separately, though not in any great detail, and the salient features of the differing motions belonging to each are described. The response of species, in particular to variations in vertical wind velocities, is mentioned as an important factor affecting‐deposition and dispersal range, and how because of this response some forced deposition may be possible with the introduction of suitably shaped obstacles to wind flow.