anthropochory

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不可算名詞

(ecology) The (typically inadvertent) dispersal of seeds, spores, or other reproductive botanical material, or of reproductively capable animals, by humans as a routine means of reproductive dispersal of that species.

日本語の意味

anthropochoryとは、人間が通常の活動において、意図せずに種子、胞子、またはその他の植物の生殖に必要な物質や繁殖能力を持つ動物を散布する現象を指す（生態学的な文脈で用いられる用語）。

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The invasive plant's rapid spread along highways was driven largely by anthropochory, as seeds clung to clothing and vehicle tires.

外来植物が高速道路沿いに急速に広がったのは、主に人間による拡散で、種子が衣服や車のタイヤに付着したためだった。

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意味（1）

(ecology) The (typically inadvertent) dispersal of seeds, spores, or other reproductive botanical material, or of reproductively capable animals, by humans as a routine means of reproductive dispersal of that species.

意味（2）

(ecology) The (typically inadvertent and sporadic) dispersal by humans, of seeds, spores, or other reproductive botanical material, or of reproductively capable animals, into a region where they do not natively occur, resulting in adventitious anthropochorous establishment of an alien population if successful.

Stephenson stressed the importance of anthropochory in earthworm dispersal. Human introductions, either intentional or unconscious, play a key role in earthworm invasions, as is well demonstrated by the presence of European Lumbricidae in North America, Asia, New Zealand

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