Dispersal Ecology and Evolution

Jean Clobert editor Michel Baguette editor Tim G Benton editor James M Bullock editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:27th Sep '12

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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.

This book has great value for ecological theorists wishing to see modern work and examples from around the world on how dispersal ecology is studied, modelled, and now understood Steven N. Handel, Ecological Restoration This will be of interest to a broad readership, both as a reference text and as a source of stand?alone examples for biogeographers, ecologists, evolutionary biologists and geneticists alike, whether they be working on theory or generating empirical data Frontiers of Biogeography A thoughtful synthesis of a broad range of literature, incorporating both empirical and theoretical studies. Sara L. Goodacre, Frontiers of Biogeography. Dispersal Ecology and Evolution leaves little doubt that understanding dispersal is essential to understanding many questions in theoretical and applied ecology and evolution. It is highly recommended as a valuable source of knowledge and ideas for any graduate student or professional researcher from the fields of evolutionary biology, ecology, animal behaviour, genetics, population dynamics, or conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution

ISBN: 9780199608898

Dimensions: 247mm x 195mm x 33mm

Weight: 1118g

496 pages