Dispersal polymorphism and the speed of biological invasions.
PLoS ONE, 2012 The speed at which biological range expansions occur has important consequences for the conservation management of species experiencing climate change and for invasion by exotic organisms.
Elizabeth C Elliott, Stephen J Cornell
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Reproduction and Dispersal of Biological Soil Crust Organisms [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Biological soil crusts (BSCs) consist of a diverse and highly integrated community of organisms that effectively colonize and collectively stabilize soil surfaces.
Steven D. Warren +8 more
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Zoochorous dispersal of freshwater bivalves: an overlooked vector in biological invasions? [PDF]
Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2017 Vectors that underpin the natural dispersal of invasive alien species are frequently unknown. In particular, the passive dispersal (zoochory) of one organism (or propagule) by another, usually more mobile animal, remains poorly understood.
Coughlan Neil E. +4 more
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Evolution of reproductive life‐history and dispersal traits during the range expansion of a biological control agent [PDF]
Evolutionary Applications, 2022 Evolutionary theory predicts that the process of range expansion will lead to differences in life‐history and dispersal traits between the core and edge of a population.
Eliza I. Clark +5 more
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Global-scale episodes of transoceanic biological dispersal during the Cenozoic [PDF]
, 2020 Since formalization of plate tectonic theory in the 1960s, vicariance has been the dominant model for interpretation in biogeography. However, modern research suggests transoceanic ‘rafting’ is also an important process in biological dispersal. Here we
Daniel R. Viete, Siobhán B. Cooke
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A new method for modelling biological invasions from early spread data accounting for anthropogenic dispersal. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Biological invasions are one of the major causes of biodiversity loss worldwide. In spite of human aided (anthropogenic) dispersal being the key element in the spread of invasive species, no framework published so far accounts for its peculiar ...
Luca Butikofer +4 more
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Woodpeckers can act as dispersal vectors for fungi, plants, and microorganisms
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Bird‐mediated dispersal is presumed to be important in the dissemination of many different types of organisms, but concrete evidence remains scarce. This is especially true for biota producing microscopic propagules.
Niko R. Johansson +2 more
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Dispersal mitigates biologically induced disturbances in heterogeneous metacommunities [PDF]
Ecosphere, 2019 AbstractThe global increase in anthropogenic disturbances has introduced patterns of heterogeneity across many landscapes. Local disturbances are often studied from the perspective of the local habitat patch, where their direct effects on local community composition are more evident.
William E. Mausbach +1 more
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Dispersal of Oxyops vitiosa: A Biological Control Agent of Melaleuca in Florida
EDIS, 1969 In 1986, USDA/ARS scientists at the Invasive Plant Research Laboratory in Fort Lauderdale started a classical biological control program against melaleuca. The scientists recently released two insects as part of that program; the melaleuca weevil (Oxyops vitiosa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)) and the melaleuca psyllid (Boreioglycapsis melaleucae ...
William A. Overholt, Paul D. Pratt
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Dispersal of pristine graphene for biological studies
RSC Advances, 2016 Herein, we address the conflicting behaviour of different pristine graphene dispersions through their careful preparation and characterization in aqueous media.
Arun Raju +10 more
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