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Preferred term

dispersal

Is replaced by

dispersal

Definition

Biological dispersal refers to both the movement of individuals (animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, etc.) from their birth site to their breeding site, as well as the movement from one breeding site to another. Disperal is also used to describe the movement of propagules such as seeds and spores.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Note

[controlled by ] Mark Frenzel, 22 May 2014" , "[source of definition ] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_dispersal

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_156

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 3/21/22

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