Co-evolution of dormancy and dispersal in spatially autocorrelated landscapes.

ABSTRACT: The evolution of dispersal can be driven by spatial processes, such as landscape structure, and temporal processes, such as disturbance. Dormancy, or dispersal in time, is generally thought to evolve in response to temporal processes. In spite of broad empirical and theoretical evidence of trade-offs between dispersal and dormancy, we lack evidence that spatial structure can drive the evolution of dormancy. Here, we develop a simulation-based model of the joint evolution of dispersal and dormancy in spatially heterogeneous landscapes. We show that dormancy and dispersal are each favored under different landscape conditions, but not simultaneously under any of the conditions we tested. We further show that, when dispersal distances are short, dormancy can evolve directly in response to land

SUBMITTER: Cenzer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9828432 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature