5th International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal (1985-2010)

FSD 2010 - Jansen_Holbrook

FSD2010

IYB2010

www.cbd.int/2010

Tuesday 15 June - 14:00-16:00 (Einstein)

The seed dispersal kernel (Abstracts)

Organizers : Patrick A. Jansen (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama & Wageningen University, The Netherlands  Patrick.jansen(a)wur.nl) and Kimberly M. Holbrook, Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain (kholbrook(a)ebd.csic.es)

The seed dispersal kernel – the probability density function of the dispersal distance for an individual or population – is the ultimate quantitative descriptor of seed dispersal in plants. Dispersal kernels have strong potential for hypothesis testing because they allow dispersal modeling as well as direct comparisons of dispersal among individuals and populations. Dispersal kernels should be a standard anticipated outcome of dispersal studies. This symposium features a general introduction to dispersal kernels followed by six studies that address the most important methods for estimating seed dispersal kernels.

Speakers and titles (Abstracts)

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Speaker
Title
1
Cousens, R.
What on earth is a dispersal kernel? Why loose terminology confuses everyone and proliferates mistakes
2
Kuprewicz, E.
Estimating seed dispersal kernels by tracking seeds: The effects of large terrestrial mammals on the fates of seeds with various defense strategies in a Costa Rican rain forest
3
Robledo-Arnuncio, J J.
Genetic Estimation of the Seed Dispersal Kernel
4 Visser, M. Measuring dispersal kernels through inverse modeling: density dependence of seed dispersal in a Neotropical palm.
5 Kays, R. Estimating seed dispersal kernels from fine-resolution animal movement data: better to be breakfast or dinner?
6
Soons, M.
Estimating dispersal kernels through mechanistic modelling
7
Terborgh, J.
Saplings arise from dispersed seeds

Figure from Molofsky et Ferdy (2005). Online article