Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Random Dispersion

In ecology, pattern of spatial distribution of individual members of a species within its geographic range. In a random dispersion the distribution of any one individual is not influenced by where another individual is. This is not the case in primates; social primates are in a clumped dispersion whereas noyau primates are in either ranges or territories and generally avoid contact with other individuals.

See clumped dispersion, uniform dispersion.

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clumped dispersion (... are not noyau. Cf. random dispersion, uniform dispersion.)
uniform dispersion (... one another. Cf. clumped dispersion.)
random walk (1. any irregular movement. 2. any random process that can be modeled as a sequence of random ...)
discrete random variable (... either F or M. Cf. continuous random variable.)
random-X inactivation (Kind of X inactivation seen in Eutheria, but not marsupials. In the Eutheria (including humans), ...)