Human-Mediated Dispersal of Seeds by the Airflow of Vehicles

Moritz von der Lippe; James M. Bullock; Ingo Kowarik; Tatjana Knopp; Matthias Wichmann

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052733

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Human-Mediated Dispersal of Seeds by the Airflow of Vehicles

Moritz von der Lippe ,

* E-mail: moritz.vdlippe@tu-berlin.de

Affiliations Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom, Department of Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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James M. Bullock,

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Ingo Kowarik,

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Tatjana Knopp,

Affiliations Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom, Department of Animal Ecology, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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Matthias Wichmann

Affiliations Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom, Biodiversity and Systematic Botany, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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Human-Mediated Dispersal of Seeds by the Airflow of Vehicles

Moritz von der Lippe,
James M. Bullock,
Ingo Kowarik,
Tatjana Knopp,
Matthias Wichmann

Published: January 8, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052733

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