Zoochorous dispersal of freshwater bivalves: an overlooked vector in biological invasions? [PDF]
Knowledge & 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. Field observations of the adherence of invasive freshwater bivalves to other organisms have prompted us to assess ...
Marcel A. K. Jansen +6 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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Determinants of survival and dispersal along the range expansion of a biological invasion [PDF]
, 2022 ABSTRACTProjecting and managing the future response of biological systems to global change requires a mechanistic understanding of how climate and ecology jointly drive species demography and range dynamics. Such knowledge is particularly crucial when it comes to invasive species, which expansion may have far-reaching consequences for recipient ...
Edeline, Eric +4 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 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 Eugene Mausbach +1 more
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An equation-free computational approach for extracting population-level behavior from individual-based models of biological dispersal [PDF]
, 2006 Radek Erban +2 more
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Living architecture and biological dispersal
Journal of Living Architecture, 2014 Sara Cech, Roger Gettig, Reid Coffman
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Successful validation of a larval dispersal model using genetic parentage data.
PLoS Biology, 2019 Larval dispersal is a critically important yet enigmatic process in marine ecology, evolution, and conservation. Determining the distance and direction that tiny larvae travel in the open ocean continues to be a challenge.
Michael Bode +6 more
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