dispersal of seeds

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• dispersal — di|sper|sal [dıˈspə:səl US ə:r ] n [U and C] the process of spreading things over a wide area or in different directions ▪ the role of birds in the dispersal of seeds …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Seeds parachuting — Seeds can be transported by wind, for some have parachutes carrying them slowy through the air, e.g. helicopter seeds spin to the ground being totally scattered. The name for this process is one of the life cycle of a plant called seed dispersal …   Wikipedia

• Dispersal vector — The seeds of dandelions are adapted to wind dispersal. In the biology of dispersal, a dispersal vector is an agent transporting seeds or other dispersal units .[1] Dispersal vectors may include biotic factors, such as animals, or abiot …   Wikipedia

• dispersal —   Act or process of dispersing, or the condition of being dispersed; movement of seeds by mechanical processes or dispersal agents (usually animals).   See also gene flow …   Expanded glossary of Cycad terms

• dispersal agent —   Organism or process that disperses seeds.   See also dispersal …   Expanded glossary of Cycad terms

• Seed dispersal — is the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant. Plants have limited mobility and consequently rely upon a variety of dispersal vectors to transport their propagules, including both abiotic and biotic vectors. Seeds can be… …   Wikipedia

• Biological dispersal — This article is about biological dispersal in ecosystems. For other forms of dispersion, see Dispersion (disambiguation). Wind dispersal of dandelion seeds. Biological dispersal refers to species movement away from an existing population or away… …   Wikipedia

• wind dispersal — noun (botany) The dispersal of spores, seeds and fruits by the wind • • • Main Entry: ↑wind …   Useful english dictionary

• seed dispersal —   movement of seeds away from parent plants …   Geography glossary

• seed and fruit — ▪ plant reproductive part Introduction       respectively, the characteristic reproductive (reproductive system, plant) body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it.… …   Universalium

• Myrmecochory — Afzelia africana seeds bearing elaiosomes …   Wikipedia