Advancing an interdisciplinary framework to study seed dispersal ecology.

ABSTRACT: Although dispersal is generally viewed as a crucial determinant for the fitness of any organism, our understanding of its role in the persistence and spread of plant populations remains incomplete. Generalizing and predicting dispersal processes are challenging due to context dependence of seed dispersal, environmental heterogeneity and interdependent processes occurring over multiple spatial and temporal scales. Current population models often use simple phenomenological descriptions of dispersal processes, limiting their ability to examine the role of population persistence and spread, especially under global change. To move seed dispersal ecology forward, we need to evaluate the impact of any single seed dispersal event within the full spatial and temporal context of a plant's life hist

SUBMITTER: Beckman NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7179845 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature