Dispersal

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

The ability of species to migrate that has interested ecologists for many years. Now that so many species and ecosystems face major environmental change, the ability of species to adapt to these changes by dispersing, migrating, or moving between different patches of habitat can be crucial to ensuring their survivial. This book provides a timely and wide-ranging overview of the study of dispersal and incorporates much of the latest research. The causes, mechanisms, and consequences of dispersal at the individual, population, species and community levels are considered. The potential of new techniques and models for studying dispersal, drawn from molecular biology and demography, is also explored. Perspectives and insights are offered from the fields of evolution, 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-02-22
Mått:169 x 240 x 23 mm
Vikt:695 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:480
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780198506591

Utforska kategorier

Djurens beteende inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Djurböcker inom Djur och Natur

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The editors are to be congratulated on an extremely well edited book

Innehållsförteckning

Preface ; Introduction ; PART 1 - MEASURES OF DISPERSAL: GENETIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC APPROACHES ; 1. Methods for estimating dispersal probabilities and related parameters using marked animals ; 2. Genetic approaches to the estimation of dispersal rates ; 3. How to measure dispersal: The genetic approach. The example of fire ants ; 4. Dispersal in Pikas (Ochotona princeps): Combining genetic and demographic approaches to reveal spatial and temporal patterns ; 5. Mathematics, genetics, and demography: How to combine them? ; PART 2 - WHY DISPERSE? HABITAT VARIABILITY, INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTIONS, MULTI-DETERMINISM, AND INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTIONS ; 6. On the relationship between the Ideal Free Distribution and the evolution of dispersal ; 7. The landscape context of dispersal ; 8. Dispersal, intraspecific competition, kin competition, and kin facilitation: A review of the empirical evidence ; 9. Inbreeding, kinship, and the evolution of natal dispersal ; 10. Inbreeding versus outbreeding in captive and wild populations of naked mole-rats ; 11. Multiple causes of the evolution of dispersal ; 12. Parasitism and predation as causes of dispersal ; 12a Dispersal and parasitism ; 12b The effects of predation on dispersal ; PART 3 - MECHANISMS OF DISPERSAL. GENETICALLY BASED DISPERSAL, CONDITION-DEPENDENT DISPERSAL, AND DISPERSAL CUES ; 13. The genetic basis of dispersal and migration and its consequences for the evolution of correlated traits ; 14. Condition-dependent dispersal ; 15. Proximate mechanisms of natal dispersal: The role of body condition and hormones ; 16. Habitat selection by dispersers: Integrating proximate and ultimate approaches ; 17. Public information and breeding habitat selection ; PART 4 - DISPERSAL FROM THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE ECOSYSTEM LEVEL: INDIVIDUALS, POPULATIONS, SPECIES, AND COMMUNITIES ; 18. Dispersal, individual phenotype, and phenotypic plasticity ; 19. Dispersal and the genetic properties of metapopulations ; 20. Population dynamic consequences of dispersal in local populations and in metapopulations ; 21. Dispersal in antagonistic interactions ; 22. The properties of competitive communities with coupled local and regional dynamics ; PART 5 - PERSPECTIVES ; 23. The evolutionary consequences of gene flow and local adaptation: Future approaches ; 24. Perspectives on the study of dispersal evolution ; 25. Dispersal in theory and practice: Consequences for conservation biology ; References ; Index