dispersal capacity
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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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capacity
noun
uk/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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Thisdispersalcapacitycould help pioneer species to colonize distant locations.
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Seeds are one-seeded nutlets with limiteddispersalcapacityand a length of about 3 mm.
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Therefore, if increases in diaspore mass are proportional to increases in the wing area,dispersalcapacity should be relatively constant regardless of fruit size.
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An important aspect of insect biology that should be taken into account in management programmes is thedispersalcapacity.
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The lowdispersalcapacityof the species could explain this pattern, in which allele frequencies fluctuate independently from geography.
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Cursorialdispersalcapacitywas low.
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For instance,dispersalcapacityis considered to be an important trait in biological control programmes but may be quite low in this parasitoid species with its wingless females.
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Its activedispersalcapacityis about 3 m during its one-year lifetime.
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Tree migration is controlled by two overlying forces: environmental suppression anddispersalcapacityof the population by seed.
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It might also impair the dispersal capacities needed for finding breeding resources, which are often very dispersed.
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Homosporous pteridophytes which produce numerous spores and are potentially self-fertile have theoretically high dispersal capacities.
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