Modelling spread with context-based dispersal strategies
Dispersal is a context-dependent adaptive trait. Different dispersal strategies arise as species need to optimize their fitness in the ever changing quality of habitats further imposed by abiotic and biotic factors. This work reviews the spread of populations under different dispersal strategies. Na...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Computational Ecology and Software |
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| Online Access: | http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/ces/articles/2015-5(4)/modelling-spread-with-context-based-dispersal-strategies.pdf |
| Summary: | Dispersal is a context-dependent adaptive trait. Different dispersal strategies arise as species need to optimize their fitness in the ever changing quality of habitats further imposed by abiotic and biotic factors. This work reviews the spread of populations under different dispersal strategies. Namely, we address the spread of a population when dispersal is driven by habitat fragmentations, density-dependent predation and mixed propagules. The context-based dispersal can explain a variety of range dynamics. It is of common accord however that the cause and effect of dispersal could have a wider effect on population dynamics that goes beyond purely ecological nature.
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| ISSN: | 2220-721X 2220-721X |