Drivers of plant species’ potential to spread: the importance of demography versus seed dispersal

0480160 - BÚ 2018 RIV DK eng J - Journal Article
Hemrová, Lucie - Bullock, J. M. - Hooftman, D. A. P. - White, S. M. - Münzbergová, Zuzana
Drivers of plant species’ potential to spread: the importance of demography versus seed dispersal.
Oikos. Roč. 123, č. 10 (2017), s. 1493-1500. ISSN 0030-1299. E-ISSN 1600-0706
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) EE2.3.30.0048
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : landscape modelling * local oppulation dynamics * species traits
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 3.709, year: 2017

We found that species’ demographic rates were the more powerful predictors of species’ modelled potential to spread than dispersal. Furthermore, our simple proxies were correlated with modelled species spread rates and together their predictive power was high. Our findings highlight that for understanding variation among species in their potential for population spread, detailed information on local demography and dispersal might not always be necessary. Simple proxies or assumptions that are based primarily on species demography could be sufficient.
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