Dispersal Kernels may be Scalable: Implications from a Plant Pathogen.
Daniel H FarberPatrick De LeenheerChristopher C MundtPublished in: Journal of biogeography (2019)
Organisms spread by aerially dispersed small propagules that exhibit LDD may follow similar dispersal patterns over a several hundred- or thousand-fold expanse of spatial scale. Given that the primary mechanisms driving aerial dispersal remain constant, it may be possible to extrapolate across scales when empirical data are unavailable at a scale of interest.