Ecological conditions favoring budding in colonial organisms under environmental disturbance.

Dispersal is a topic of great interest in ecology. Many organisms adopt one of two distinct dispersal tactics at reproduction: the production of small offspring that can disperse over long distances (such as seeds and spawned eggs), or budding. The latter is observed in some colonial organisms, such...

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Main Authors: Mayuko Nakamaru, Takenori Takada, Akiko Ohtsuki, Sayaki U Suzuki, Kanan Miura, Kazuki Tsuji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3951312?pdf=render