The survival value of modes of dispersal
- 18 February 1975
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences
- Vol. 188 (1091), 183-188
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1975.0011
Abstract
The efficiency of various methods of dispersal of propagules, in terms of survival value is discussed and evidence is produced to suggest that broadcast wind-dispersal is the most wasteful of propagules, dispersal by water probably less so, while dispersal by censer and ballistic mechanisms and especially by animals are probably all far less indiscriminate.Keywords
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