Kauaʻi record · KCA-EP-0082
Wind and gravity seed dispersal
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About Wind and gravity seed dispersal
Movement of seeds or spores by air currents, gravity or ballistic release.
Names and classification
- Other names
- wind; gravity seed dispersal
- Family
- Plant Reproduction, Dispersal & Regeneration
- Record type
- ecological_process
Habitat and ecology
- Ecological role
- Supports Atlas reasoning about ecosystem function, dependencies, threats, conservation leverage points and cross-module consequences.
Process and seasonal context
- Definition
- Movement of seeds or spores by air currents, gravity or ballistic release.
- Drivers
- pollinators; dispersers; fruiting/flowering; disturbance; light; moisture
- Inputs
- pollen; seeds; spores; propagules; habitat
- Outputs
- fertilization; dispersal; seedlings; vegetation renewal
- Spatial scales
- individual → patch → landscape
- Temporal scales
- daily → decadal
- Validity and limits
- Context-specific; do not extrapolate across habitat, season, elevation, salinity or disturbance state without evidence.