Powers of discerning: challenges to understanding dispersal processes in natural populations.
In this issue of Molecular Ecology, authors Robledo-Arnuncio & Garcia present a compelling approach for quantifying seed dispersal in plant populations. Building upon methods previously used for quantification of pollen dispersal, the authors not only examine the behaviour of the model with respect to sample sizes, dispersal distance, and the kurtosis of the dispersal function but also provide an empirical example using Prunus mahaleb.
Dyer
Rodney J
RJ
Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1000 West Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23284-2012, USA. rjdyer@vcu.edu
D063245:Plant Development; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D011058:Pollen / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D011157:Population Dynamics; D027861:Prunus / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D012639:Seeds / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development