Introduction to the Special Issue: The role of seed dispersal in plant populations: perspectives and advances in a changing world.

ABSTRACT: Despite the importance of seed dispersal as a driving process behind plant community assembly, our understanding of the role of seed dispersal in plant population persistence and spread remains incomplete. As a result, our ability to predict the effects of global change on plant populations is hampered. We need to better understand the fundamental link between seed dispersal and population dynamics in order to make predictive generalizations across species and systems, to better understand plant community structure and function, and to make appropriate conservation and management responses related to seed dispersal. To tackle these important knowledge gaps, we established the CoDisperse Network and convened an interdisciplinary, NSF-sponsored Seed Dispersal Workshop in 2016, during which w

SUBMITTER: Beckman NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7164217 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature