This advanced textbook is the first to explore the consequences of plant dispersal for population and community dynamics, spatial patterns, and evolution. It successfully integrates a rapidly expanding body of theoretical and empirical research.

* The first comprehensive treatment of plant dispersal set within a population framework
* Examines both the processes and consequence of dispersal
* Spans the entire range of research, from natural history and collection of empirical data to modeling and evolutionary theory
* Provides a clear and simple explanation of mathematical concepts