long-distance dispersal
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflong-distanceanddispersal
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long-distance
adjective[before noun]
adverb
uk/ˌlɒŋˈdɪs.təns/us/ˌlɑːŋˈdɪs.təns/
travelling a long way, or separated by a ...
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dispersal
noun[U]
uk/dɪˈspɜː.səl/us/dɪˈspɝː.səl/
the action of spreading across or moving away over a large area, or of making people or things ...
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First, tall plants with smooth and small seeds are not likely to be dispersallimited, despite their lack of morphological adaptations forlong-distancedispersal.
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Substantial temporal and spatial variation in their production is thus smoothed out bylong-distancedispersal.
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Such mate limitation is likely to be extreme during bouts of colonization of new habitat followinglong-distancedispersal.
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Late-successional seeds were rarer in early successional stands than pioneer seeds in late-successional stands, suggesting thatlong-distancedispersalis generally more common for pioneer plants.
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The authors argued that just a fewlong-distancedispersalevents during the first 10-15 y may be sufficient to initiate forest recovery.
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Long-distancedispersalcan play a major role in the onset, range and duration of epidemics.
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The results indicate a potential role of herbivore endozoochory for thelong-distancedispersalof dry-fruited shrubs and their potential colonization of distant sites.
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This hypothesis is based on the anthropogenic establishment of invasion corridors facilitating thelong-distancedispersalof species between the source and destination areas.
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Directional asymmetry oflong-distancedispersaland colonization could mislead reconstructions of biogeography.
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The extreme stickiness of the seeds evidently evolved to resist removal by seabirds and so facilitatelong-distancedispersal.
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However, it is worth noting thatlong-distancedispersalmay be very infrequent, and thus not easily observable.
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However, ballooning does not confer unlimited access between all populations, suggesting that it may not be an effective means oflong-distancedispersal.
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High spreading rates were obtained with rarelong-distancedispersalevents.
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For both stratified models it was near 40 km, which is also approximately the distance at whichlong-distancedispersaloccurred.
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This patchy structure was interpreted as being a probable consequence of rarelong-distancedispersalof seeds during colonization, each patch resulting from a founding event beyond the colonizing front.
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Methods for estimatinglong-distancedispersal.
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Alnus pollen was so widely dispersed that values of < 2% were almost certainly attributable t olong-distancedispersal.
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