Dispersal

DispersalHow would you define dispersal?

DispersalOrganism moves away

from parent or current population

Adaptations for dispersal

Air & Wind

Air & Wind

Water

Launched

Birds

Mammals

Why is it important to

disperse?

Distance from parent tree

How many seeds fall

Chance of seed

survival

How can we explain

that pattern?

Distance from parent tree

How many seedlings

grow

How can we explain

that pattern?

Animals disperse, too

By flying or walking

By wind

By water