AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is Seed Dispersal? Seed Dispersal is an adaptive mechanism in all seed-bearing plants, participating in the movement or transport of seeds away from their parent plant to ensure the germination and survival of some of the seeds to adult plants.

Detailed explanation-2: -Allochory refers to any of many types of seed dispersal where a vector or secondary agent is used to disperse seeds. These vectors may include wind, water, animals or others.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dispersal can be defined as the process by which individuals move from the immediate environment of their parents to establish in an area more or less distant from them. From: Encyclopedia of Ecology (Second Edition), 2019.

Detailed explanation-4: -Because plants cannot walk around and take their seeds to other places, they have developed other methods to disperse (move) their seeds. The most common methods are wind, water, animals, explosion and fire.