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Analysis of Kissimmee River floodplain seed dispersal for vegetation community restoration
| Title: | Analysis of Kissimmee River floodplain seed dispersal for vegetation community restoration. |
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| Name(s): |
Mezza, Garren. Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Center for Environmental Studies |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Issued: | 2012 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | viii, 63 p. : ill. (some col.) | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | This research examined the influence of hydrochory (seed dispersal via water), anemochory (seed dispersal via wind), and zoochory (seed dispersal by animals) on the re-establishment of the important floodplain vegetation communities of the Kissimmee River floodplain. Fifty-eight seed species were identified from 19,849 and 43, 894 seeds trapped in hydrochory traps in sites north and south of Oak Creek, respectively. Seeds trapped by anemochory were measurable but were found to be far less important than hydrochory, while results showed no evidence of zoochory .... A number of interafting factors, e.g. hydrology, lack of remnants, seed phenology, etc. are limiting the dispersal of broadleaf marsh species north of Oak Creek, delaying range, expansion, and further community restoration. | |
| Identifier: | 830845923 (oclc), 3358754 (digitool), FADT3358754 (IID), fau:4039 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Garren Mezza. Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. Includes bibliography. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
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| Subject(s): |
Seeds -- Dispersal -- Florida -- Kissimmee River Watershed Floodplain ecology -- Florida -- Kissimmee River Watershed Wetland restoration -- Florida -- Kissimmee River Watershed Kissimmee River Valley (Fla.) Restoration ecology -- Florida -- Kissimmee River Watershed |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3358754 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
