Dispersal may refer to: *

Biological dispersal Biological dispersal refers to both the movement of individuals (animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, etc.) from their birth site to their breeding site ('natal dispersal'), as well as the movement from one breeding site to another ('breeding dis ...

, the movement of organisms from their birth site to their breeding site, or from one breeding site to another **

Dispersal vector A dispersal vector is an agent of biological dispersal that moves a dispersal unit, or organism, away from its birth population to another location or population in which the individual will reproduce. These dispersal units can range from pollen t ...

, forces that carry seeds for plants **

Oceanic dispersal Oceanic dispersal is a type of biological dispersal that occurs when terrestrial organisms transfer from one land mass to another by way of a sea crossing. Island hopping is the crossing of an ocean by a series of shorter journeys between island ...

, the movement of terrestrial organisms from one land mass to another by sea-crossing **

Seed dispersal In Spermatophyte plants, seed dispersal is the movement, spread or transport of seeds away from the parent plant. Plants have limited mobility and rely upon a variety of dispersal vectors to transport their seeds, including both abiotic vectors, ...

, the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant *

Dispersal draft A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team ceases to exist or is merged with another team. Like most other sports drafts, most dispersal drafts are conducted in North America. ...

, a system in professional sports for reassigning players whose former team is defunct *

Dispersal of ownership Dispersal of ownership (also ownership dispersal, dispersed media ownership) is a standpoint that opposes concentration of media ownership and mergers of media conglomerates. This position generally advocates smaller and local ownership of media a ...

, breaking up large media companies and media conglomerates to diversify ownership of property rights *

Force dispersal Force dispersal is the practice of spreading out soldiers and vehicles in an army. It is used to minimize the effects of collateral damage, such as from bombs and artillery, and increases the number of artillery rounds needed to neutralize or dest ...

, strategic spreading-out of military personnel and vehicles to reduce collateral damage *

Dispersal prison A Dispersal prison is one of five secure prisons in the United Kingdom that houses Category A prisoners. The idea of the Dispersal prison was initiated after a report submitted by Earl Mountbatten in 1966 after some notorious prison escapes. It ...

, one of five secure prisons in the United Kingdom that houses Category A prisoners *

Dispersal index Dispersal index is a parameter in volcanology. The dispersal index D was defined by George P. L. Walker in 1973 as the surface area covered by an ash or tephra fall, where the thickness is equal or more than 1/100 of the thickness of the fall at t ...

, for volcanic eruptions * The ''dispersal area'' of an

aerodrome An aerodrome (Commonwealth English) or airdrome (American English) is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for publ ...

, where aeroplanes are parked away from the runway.

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