Dispersal ecology and evolution / edited by Jean Clobert, Michel Baguette, Tim G. Benton, and James M. Bullock.

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TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 462 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780191640353
0191640352
6613951951
9786613951953
1283639491
9781283639491
9780191774560
0191774561

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dispersal ecology and evolution.DDC classification:

576.8 23

LOC classification:

QH543.3 .D57 2012

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Contents:

pt. 1. The multiple causes of the dispersal process -- pt. 2. The genetics of dispersal -- pt. 3. The association of dispersal with other life-history traits -- pt. 4. Distribution of dispersal distances -- pt. 5. Dispersal and population spatial dynamics : dispersal kernels -- pt. 6. Dispersal and climate change -- pt. 7. Dispersal and habitat fragmentation.

Summary: Now that so many ecosystems face rapid and major environmental change, the ability of species to respond to these changes by dispersing or moving between different patches of habitat can be crucial to ensuring their survival. Understanding dispersal has become key to understanding how populations may persist. Dispersal Ecology and Evolution provides a timely and wide-ranging overview of the fast expanding field of dispersal ecology, incorporating the very latest research. The causes, mechanisms, and consequences of dispersal at the individual, population, species, and community levels are considered. Perspectives and insights are offered from the fields of evolution, behavioural ecology, conservation biology, and genetics. Throughout the book theoretical approaches are combined with empirical data, and care has been taken to include examples from as wide a range of species as possible - both plant and animal.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Now that so many ecosystems face rapid and major environmental change, the ability of species to respond to these changes by dispersing or moving between different patches of habitat can be crucial to ensuring their survival. Understanding dispersal has become key to understanding how populations may persist. Dispersal Ecology and Evolution provides a timely and wide-ranging overview of the fast expanding field of dispersal ecology, incorporating the very latest research. The causes, mechanisms, and consequences of dispersal at the individual, population, species, and community levels are considered. Perspectives and insights are offered from the fields of evolution, behavioural ecology, conservation biology, and genetics. Throughout the book theoretical approaches are combined with empirical data, and care has been taken to include examples from as wide a range of species as possible - both plant and animal.

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