Long‐distance biological transport processes through the air: can nature's complexity be unfolded in silico?

By Ran Nathan, N. Sapir, Ana Trakhtenbrot, Gabriel G. Katul, Gil Bohrer, M. Otte, R. Avissar, M. Soons, H. S. Horn, Martin Wikelski and 1 more. 2005

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Subfields: Earth-Surface Processes, Ecological Modeling, Ecology

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Long‐distance dispersal research: building a network of yellow brick roads (2005, background): “…and Distributions, 11, 125–130, © 2005 Blackwell Publishing Ltd 127 involved with developing such an interdisciplinary modelling framework, Nathan et al. (2005) illustrate why this approach could be highly rewarding for quantifying, predicting and understanding aerial LDD processes.”
Recent advances in the study of long‐distance dispersal of aquatic invertebrates via birds (2005, background): “However, Nathan et al. (2005) show that wind can also direct propagules to wetlands in forested landscapes.”
Mechanistic models of seed dispersal by wind (2011, background): “The need for some intermediate approach that bridges the detailed investigation to generate kernel shapes usable for studying long-term ecological processes remains essential, especially for biological questions that deal with larger spatial and temporal scales, such as species range expansion (Nath”
Residence time and potential range: crucial considerations in modelling plant invasions (2007, background): “They range from relatively simple differential equations to mechanistic simulations that incorporate sophisticated wind-flow models (Nathan et al., 2005).”
How important is long‐distance seed dispersal for the regional survival of plant species? (2005, background): “This is partly because ecologists are only starting to establish quantitative relationships between plant traits and dispersal distances including LDD (for wind dispersal most progress has been made, see Nathan et al., 2002; Soons et al., 2004a; Nathan et al., 2005).”
Any way the wind blows ‐ frequent wind dispersal drives species sorting in ephemeral aquatic communities (2008, background): “Another possible explanation is that short term gusts, important for wind dispersal, are obscured by averaging wind dispersal over longer intervals (Nathan et al. 2005).”
Dispersal of freshwater invertebrates by large terrestrial mammals: a case study with wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Mediterranean wetlands (2008, background): “Finally, landscape elements such as shrubs and trees probably result in drops in local wind speeds (Nathan et al., 2005) so that wind currents (and any associated propagules) either ‘bend’ around these objects or slow down and lose associated propagules well before wind speed reaches zero.”
Propagule dispersal and the scales of marine community process (2005, background): “A similar phenomenon is crucial to LDD in the atmosphere (Nathan et al., 2005).”
Importance of regional species pools and functional traits in colonization processes: predicting re-colonization after large-scale destruction of ecosystems (2008, background): “In recent studies (e.g. Tackenberg et al. 2003; Nathan et al. 2005), weather conditions characterized by thermal turbulence and updrafts, but low horizontal wind speed, have been identified as important factors for long-distance diaspore transport.”
Effects of canopy heterogeneity, seed abscission and inertia on wind‐driven dispersal kernels of tree seeds (2008, background): “An upsurge in research interest in biological transport processes through the atmosphere (Nathan et al. 2005; Nathan 2006) is perhaps best exemplified by the recent advances in mechanistic modelling of seed dispersal by wind (Levin et al. 2003; Kuparinen 2006).”
Relative importance of different dispersal vectors for small aquatic invertebrates in a rock pool metacommunity (2008, background): “However, recent atmospheric models indicate that depressions in the landscape might act as efficient pick up and deposition places for dispersing propagules (Nathan et al. 2005).”