Abstract Detail
Patterns and Processes of American Amphitropical Plant Disjunctions: New Insights Park, MIchael S [1]. Plant dispersal bias from North to South America facilitated by shorebird migration routes. In plants, long-distance dispersals between California and Chile --- two
important biodiversity hot spots with Mediterranean climates --- have
occurred predominantly from north to south. Grassland sandpipers
(grasspipers) are long-distance migrants that utilize habitats occupied
by plants with these disjunct distributions. The bias towards dispersal
to Chile can be explained by differences between aggregate fall and
spring migration trajectories of these sandpipers.
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1 - University of California, University and Jepson Herbaria, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
Keywords:
amphitropical disjunction
long-distance dispersal
bird migration.
Presentation Type: Colloquium Presentations
Session: C2, Patterns and Processes of American Amphitropical Plant Disjunctions: New Insights
Location: 204/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Date: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Time: 4:30 PM
Number: C2012
Abstract ID:882
Candidate for Awards:None | 
