Parent-Offspring Conflict and the Evolution of Dispersal Distance

摘要: Abstract: Parent‐offspring conflict emerges in many different contexts, but a rarely emphasized perspective is that of space as resource allocated or acquired through dispersal. Early theoretical work has shown there are optima rates dispersal between parents and offspring. Here we examine this principle when explicitly modeled achieved kernel. We find consistent pattern selection favors longer distances under maternal control (e.g., tissue surrounding seed) compared with scenarios where offspring themselves (as animals). Intriguingly, leads to better utilization (higher habitat occupancy) equilibrium than does control. In contrast, species expand their ranges, initially faster range expansion. If evolutionary potential for kernels change at the le...