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Nature's way of telling offspring to leave home before they eat all the resources.
means The spreading out of organisms — seeds, animals, or populations — away from their origin point or from each other.
from Traces back to Latin dispergere, 'to scatter in different directions' — from dis- ('apart, in different directions') plus spargere ('to scatter, sprinkle'). That same spargere root gives English 'sparse' and 'asperse,' all carrying the idea of scattering drops or particles outward. 'Dispersal' as the noun form of this scattering emerged as English needed a word for the act itself, distinct from 'dispersion.'
- seeds vs animals
- plants evolved wings and wind, animals evolved legs
- genetic benefit
- prevents inbreeding and sibling competition for resources
- cost
- most dispersers die before finding a new home
- extreme example
- spiders balloon on silk threads for miles