Sentence examples for functional dispersal from inspiring English sources

It is clear that functional dispersal for many of these species operates in present-day neotropical communities by means of diplochorous and alternative seed dispersal systems involving other agents such as scatter-hoarding rodents, tapirs, some primates and even bats [33] [35].

Although much attention has been given to understanding the effects of defaunation on plant communities, information on the potential impacts on plant functional groups (seed dispersal, seed size and seedling leaves defense) inhabiting continuous forests after defaunation is scarce.

Landscape heterogeneity may increase reptile and small mammal species richness by: (i) increasing the variety and abundance of foraging resources such as seeds and invertebrates; (ii) providing cover from predators and high summer temperatures; and (iii) increasing functional connectivity and dispersal success.

We hypothesize that in spite of the barrier to phylogenetic dispersal, functional characteristics—in the form of HGT expand beyond phylogenetic limitations due to selective pressure.

Three well known, one-dimensional functional forms of dispersal were tested for their fit to the mahogany seed density vs. distance data (Table 1): (1) the negative exponential model (NE); (2) the inverse power model (IP); and (3) the Student-t model (2Dt).

Using a spatial individual-based simulation model for simulating different movement behaviours, we derive fitting functions for the functional relationship between the parameters of the dispersal function and several details of movement behaviour.

We used a network approach to (1) determine if pollen-mediated gene exchange across the landscape was spatially structured; (2) estimate the effects of limited acorn dispersal on functional connectivity; (3) identify which landscape traits could drive source sink dynamics of gene flow.

Density-dependent processes influencing the evolutionary dynamics of dispersal: A functional analysis of seed dispersal in Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae).

These data suggest dispersal of functional genes that is independent of taxonomic biogeography.

In such a large genome, the modular enhancer model predicts selection against the dispersal of functional transcription factor binding from one enhancer to another.

Pathogen dispersal, the functional relationships among disease ecologies across localities, and the efficacy of control efforts can also be inferred, all from viral genetic sequences alone.