Long-Distance Dispersal of Fungi. [PDF]
Microbiol Spectr, 2017 ABSTRACTDispersal is a fundamental biological process, operating at multiple temporal and spatial scales. Despite an increasing understanding of fungal biodiversity, most research on fungal dispersal focuses on only a small fraction of species. Thus, any discussion of the dispersal dynamics of fungi as a whole is problematic.
Golan JJ, Pringle A.
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The establishment of plants following long-distance dispersal [PDF]
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 Long-distance dispersal (LDD) beyond the range of a species is an important driver of ecological and evolutionary patterns, but insufficient attention has been given to postdispersal establishment. In this review, we summarize current knowledge of the post-LDD establishment phase in plant colonization, identify six key determinants of establishment ...
Zeng-Yuan Wu +5 more
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Measuring short distance dispersal of Alliaria petiolata and determining potential long distance dispersal mechanisms [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Introduction Alliaria petiolata, an herbaceous plant, has invaded woodlands in North America. Its ecology has been thoroughly studied, but an overlooked aspect of its biology is seed dispersal distances and mechanisms.
Christopher A. Loebach +1 more
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Evidence of avian-mediated long distance dispersal in American tardigrades [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Terrestrial tardigrades, commonly known as “water bears”, are part of a phylum of microscopic, aquatic invertebrates famous for cryptobiosis and space travel, but little is known about their modes of dispersal on Earth.
Matthew J. Mogle +3 more
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Microbial modification of host long-distance dispersal capacity [PDF]
BMC Biology, 2009 Background Dispersal plays a key role in shaping biological and ecological processes such as the distribution of spatially-structured populations or the pace and scale of invasion.
Hutchings Linda +7 more
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What is long-distance dispersal? And a taxonomy of dispersal events [PDF]
Journal of Ecology, 2017 Dispersal is a key individual-based process influencing many life-history attributes and scaling up to population-level properties (e.g. metapopulation connectivity).
Jordano, Pedro, Jordano, Pedro
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Long-distance passive dispersal in microscopic aquatic animals
Movement Ecology, 2019 Given their dormancy capability (long-term resistant stages) and their ability to colonise and reproduce, microscopic aquatic animals have been suggested having cosmopolitan distribution.
Diego Fontaneto
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Extreme long-distance seed dispersal via sheep [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2006 Extremely long seed dispersal distances occur as a result of processes such as ocean drift and tornadoes. However, we have found that large numbers of seeds with different morphologies (Trifolium angustifolium, Daucus carota, Hordeum murinum, and Plantago lagopus) are frequently dispersed equivalent distances while attached to migrating ungulates.
Malo Arrazola, Juan Esteban +1 more
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Does polyploidy facilitate long-distance dispersal? [PDF]
Ann Bot, 2014 The ability of plant lineages to reach all continents contributes substantially to their evolutionary success. This is exemplified by the Poaceae, one of the most successful angiosperm families, in which most higher taxa (tribes, subfamilies) have global distributions.
Linder HP, Barker NP.
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Climatic niche divergence and long-distance dispersal contributed to the pantropical intercontinental disjunctions of a liana lineage (Uncaria, Rubiaceae) [PDF]
Plant DiversityThe formation of pantropical intercontinental disjunction (PID) in plants has generally been attributed to vicariance, boreotropical migration, and long-distance dispersal.
Xian-Han Huang +13 more
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