Dispersal

Movement of individuals from their birth site.

Dispersal is the movement of individuals from their birth site, and it can be passive or active. It's a crucial process in ecology, influencing population distribution and genetic diversity.

/dɪˈspɜːrsəl/

Derived from the Old French word 'desparcer' meaning to scatter.

Dispersal is when animals or plants move away from where they were born to a new place, like how birds fly south for the winter.

dispersion scattering

migration movement

seed dispersal animal migration

population dynamics ecology

ecological