Mechanisms of long-distance seed dispersal.

By Ran Nathan, Frank M. Schurr, Orr Spiegel, O. Steinitz, Ana Trakhtenbrot, Asaf Tsoar. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Phylogeny and biogeography in Solanaceae, Verbenaceae and Bignoniaceae: a comparison of continental and intercontinental diversification patterns (2013, background): “Over-water, long-distance dispersal requires a vector; wind, rafting via ocean currents and transport by birds are the three most commonly postulated mechanisms (Carlquist, 1967; Renner, 2004; Nathan et al., 2008; Baldwin & Wagner, 2010).”
Seed dispersal by dabbling ducks: an overlooked dispersal pathway for a broad spectrum of plant species (2016, background): “Given this, it might be that for many of the plant species dispersed by dabbling ducks, the ducks serve as a potentially highly effective, but ‘non-standard’, long-distance dispersal vector (cf. Higgins, Nathan & Cain 2003; Nathan et al. 2008).”
Megagardeners of the forest - the role of elephants in seed dispersal (2011, background): “More recently the profound importance of long distance dispersal has been demonstrated, including rare dispersal events (e.g. Trakhtenbrot et al., 2005; Nathan et al., 2008).”
Dispersal traits determine plant response to habitat connectivity in an urban landscape (2011, result): “Our results provided empirical evidence for current plant dispersal concepts, which emphasize both the role of seed number and the duration of seed transport—indicated here by TV— for dispersal across intermediate distances (Nathan et al. 2008).”
Migratory Animals Couple Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Worldwide (2014, background): “Migratory movements also represent a unique dispersal mechanism for seeds, spores, and (parts of) other organisms (collectively “propagules”) across biogeographic barriers (23) (Fig.”
Integrating species distribution models and interacting particle systems to predict the spread of an invasive alien plant (2010, background): “, 2005; Will & Tackenberg, 2008) may help to provide more generally valid estimates, or to modify estimates according to available information on spatial or temporal variation of dispersal vector properties (e.g. von der Lippe & Kowarik, 2007; Nathan et al., 2008).”
A synthesis of empirical plant dispersal kernels (2017, background): “Thus, the ‘total dispersal kernel’ (Nathan et al. 2008) of a plant or population may require combining kernels for multiple dispersal modes.”
Passive external transport of freshwater invertebrates by elephant and other mud-wallowing mammals in an African savannah habitat (2011, background): “Nathan et al. (2008) identified three factors that contribute to the feasibility of different vectors: vector load (number of propagules transported), vector displacement (vector vagility) and passage time (duration of vector association).”