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Dispersal Adaptation

Dispersal Adaptation is a biological strategy within the broader category of plant life history traits that specifically enhances the spatial spread of propagules to new environments, thereby increasing colonization success and reducing competition with the parent plant.

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2017–2026

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An evolutionary process that assembles phenotypes through space rather than through time

Richard Shine, Gregory P. Brown, Ben L. Phillips · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 599 citations

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ARE LONG-DISTANCE DISPERSAL EVENTS IN PLANTS USUALLY CAUSED BY NONSTANDARD MEANS OF DISPERSAL?

Steven I. Higgins, Ran Nathan, Michael L. Cain · Ecology · 2003 · 520 citations

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Advantages of seed dispersal: A re-evaluation of directed dispersal

Daniel G. Wenny · 2001 · 468 citations

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SEED MASS AND MAST SEEDING ENHANCE DISPERSAL BY A NEOTROPICAL SCATTER‐HOARDING RODENT

Patrick A. Jansen, Frans Bongers, Lia Hemerik · Ecological Monographs · 2004 · 387 citations

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Why are adaptations for long-range seed dispersal rare in desert plants?

Stephen Fllner, Avi Shmida · Oecologia · 1981 · 346 citations

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Authors

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  1. MW
    Mark Westoby

    Macquarie University, Australia

    3 publications · 440 citations

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    Martine Hossaert‐McKey

    Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, France

    2 publications · 101 citations

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  3. AJ
    Andrew J. Beattie

    Macquarie University, Australia

    2 publications · 205 citations

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  4. WO
    W.A. Ozinga

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    2 publications · 282 citations

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  5. BR
    Barbara Rice

    Macquarie University, Australia

    2 publications · 351 citations

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Institutions

196

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    2.3K citations

  2. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    408 citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    110 citations

  4. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    2.1K citations

  6. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    744 citations

  7. University of Würzburg

    Würzburg, Germany

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    852 citations

  8. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    1.3K citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Botany

    11 publications · 550 citations

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  2. Evolution

    6 publications · 365 citations

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  3. Science

    4 publications · 490 citations

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  4. Oecologia

    4 publications · 580 citations

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  5. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    JEB · 4 publications · 116 citations

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