title: Dispersal
text: # Dispersal
  
  Dispersal may refer to:
  
  * Biological dispersal, the movement of organisms from their birth site to their breeding site, or from one breeding site to another
     * Dispersal vector, forces that carry seeds for plants
     * Oceanic dispersal, the movement of terrestrial organisms from one land mass to another by sea-crossing
     * Seed dispersal, the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant
  * Dispersal draft, a system in professional sports for reassigning players whose former team is defunct
  * Dispersal of ownership, breaking up large media companies and media conglomerates to diversify ownership of property rights
  * Dispersal (military), strategic spreading-out of military personnel and equipment to reduce collateral damage
  * Dispersal prison, one of five secure prisons in the United Kingdom that houses Category A prisoners
  * Dispersal index, for volcanic eruptions
  * The dispersal area of an aerodrome, where aeroplanes are parked away from the runway.
  