The division of the major regions into minor subdivisions helps to elucidate more recent events in Earth history as well as the dispersal capabilities, adaptive strategies, and ecological relationships of the biota.
Note that even sympatric species may differ in habitat fragmentation, due to the various ecological niche requirements and dispersal capabilities.
When the dispersal rate of soil animals was taken into account, quite opposite trends were displayed by species having poor or high dispersal capabilities.
The Central Linkage Region is an area of great importance for metapopulation function, thus warranting collaborative strategies for maintaining high survival rates, high reproductive rates, and dispersal capabilities.
American mink (Mustela vison) and prothonotary warblers (Protonotaria citrea) share the same habitat but have different dispersal capabilities, and therefore provide interesting comparisons on connections in the landscape.
Developments on these relatively insular regions have the potential to reduce local populations of species with limited dispersal capabilities and an aversion to exurbia.
The dependence on a specific pollinator that is characteristic for the Phyllanthus-Epicephala mutualism and limited dispersal capabilities might be possible explanations why this species is not more widespread in Borneo.
For instance, species in the Asteraceae on islands tended to have reduced dispersal capabilities (i.e., larger seed mass and smaller pappus) relative to the same species on the mainland.
We know little concerning dispersal capabilities of plethodontid salamanders.
Some galatheid species have very large egg sizes that apparently give them broad dispersal capabilities [98].
In this situation, the dispersal capabilities of larvae may play an important role.
