Dispersal Ecology and Evolution

by Jean Clobert (Editor), Michel Baguette (Editor), Tim G. Benton (Editor), James M. Bullock (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191640360
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	09/27/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	735,043
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Jean Clobert is Research Director at the CNRS and is currently heading the "Station d'Ecologie Exéprimentale du CNRS à Moulis". He is also director of the Infrastructure ANAEE-S grouping all experimental research stations of the CNRS and INRA in France. Having published more than 250 regular papers in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters, he has been elected in the Academia Europaea in 2011. Michel Baguette is particularly interested by the role of dispersal in metapopulations and metacommunities. His objective is to seek how individual variability in dispersal moulds metapopulations and metacommunities and drives their dynamics and evolution, and what this means for biological diversity. His current research projects focus on (1) the genomic of dispersal phenotypic variation, and its consequences on metapopulation dynamics using artificial selection and experiments in mesocosms, and (2) the modelling of dispersal in fragmented landscapes. Tim Benton is a population ecologist with a particular interest in the mechanism by which environmental change impacts on population dynamics by affecting organisms' life histories. Much of his work has been conducted using a laboratory model organism, coupled with theoretical approaches. However, he has also applied his ideas to understanding biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. In addition to research, he has been head of department and Research Dean. He is currently working across the UK government, coordinating research on food and farming as "Champion" for the UK's Global Food Security programme. James Bullock is an applied ecologist. In his work he aims to use a fundamental understanding of the spatial ecology of populations and communities - especially of plants - to inform biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability. He has particular interests in ecosystem services, ecological restoration and climate change. James works at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, which is the UK's Centre of Excellence for integrated research in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, and atmospheric science.

Table of Contents

Preface, Jean Clobert, Michel Baguette, Tim G. Benton, and James M. BullockGlossaryBox 1. The common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara, anciently Lacerta vivipara), Jean ClobertBox 2: Spiders as a model in dispersal ecology and evolution, Dries BonteBox 3. Spatial structure and dynamics in the Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) metapopulation, Ilkka HanskiBox 4. Heterocapy in Crepis sancta (Asteraceae) as a model system to study dispersal, Pierre-Olivier CheptouPART 1. THE MULTIPLE CAUSES OF THE DISPERSAL PROCESS1. Multicausality of dispersal, Erik Matthysen2. The multicausal nature of dispersal, Jostein Starrfelt and Hanna Kokko3. Multi-determinism in natal dispersal: the common lizard as a model system, Jean Clobert, Manuel Massot, and Jean-Francois Le Galliard4. Dispersal in invertebrates: influences on individual decisions, Tim G. Benton and Diana E. Bowler5. Integrating context- and stage-dependent effects in studies of frugivorous seed dispersal: an example from south-east Kenya, Valerie Lehouck, Dries Bonte, Toon Spanhove, and Luc LensPART 2. THE GENETICS OF DISPERSAL6. Quantitative, physiological, and molecular genetics of dispersal/migration, Anthony J. Zera and Jennifer A. Brisson7. Evolution of genetically integrated strategies, Renee A. Duckworth8. Dispersal genetics: emerging insights from fruitflies, butterfies, and beyond, Christopher W. Wheat9. Genetics of plant dispersal, Jocelyn C. Hall and Kathleen DonohuePART 3. THE ASSOCIATION OF DISPERSAL WITH OTHER LIFE HISTORY TRAITS10. Dispersal syndromes, Ophelie Ronce and Jean Clobert11. Evolution of condition-dependent dispersal, Eva Kisdi, Margarete Utz, and Mats Gyllenberg12. Dispersal syndromes in the common lizard: personality traits, information use and context-dependent dispersal decisions, Julien Cote and Jean Clobert13. Dispersal syndromes in butterflies and spiders, Dries Bonte and Marjo Saastamoinen14. Plant dispersal phenotypes: a seed perspective of maternal habitat selection, Rafael Rubio de Casas, Charles G. Willis, and Kathleen DonohuePART 5. DISTRIBUTION OF DISPERSAL DISTANCES: DISPERSAL KERNELS15. Dispersal kernels: review, Ran Nathan, Etienne Klein, Juan J. Robledo-Arnuncio, and Eloy Revilla16. Evolution and emergence of dispersal kernels - a brief theoretical evaluation, Thomas Hovestadt and Achim Poethke17. Quantifying individual differences in dispersal using net squared displacement, Luca Borger and John Fryxell18. Temporal variation in dispersal kernels in a metapopulation of the bog fritillary butterfly (Boloria eunomia), Nicolas Schtickzelle, Camille Turlure, and Michel Baguette19. How random is dispersal? From stochasticity to process in the description of seed movement, Frank M. SchurrPART 5. DISPERSAL AND POPULATION SPATIAL DYNAMICS20. Linking dispersal to spatial dynamics, Tim G. Benton & Diana E. Bowler21. Demographic consequences of the selective forces controlling density-dependent dispersal, Francois Rousset22. Landscape effects on spatial dynamics: the natterjack toad as a case study, Virginie M. Stevens & Aurelie Coulon23. Dispersal and eco-evolutionary dynamics in the Glanville fritillary butterfly, Ilkka Hanski24. Urban metapopulation dynamics and evolution of dispersal traits in the weed Crepis sancta, Pierre-Olivier Cheptou and Antoine DornierPART 6. DISPERSAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE25. Dispersal and range dynamics in changing climates: a review, Jean Francois Le Galliard, Manuel Massot, and Jean Clobert26. Dispersal and climate change: a review of theory, Justin M.J. Travis and Calvin Dytham27. Influence of temperature on dispersal in two bird species, Henrik Parn and Bernt-Erik Saether28. Dispersal under global change - the case of the Pine processionary moth and other insects, Hans Van Dyck29. Plant dispersal and the velocity of climate change, James M. BullockPART 7. DISPERSAL AND HABITAT FRAGMENTATION30. Evolutionary ecology of dispersal in fragmented landscape, Michel Baguette, Delphine Legrand, Helene Freville, Hans Van Dyck, and Simon Ducatez31. Modelling the effects of habitat fragmentation, Calvin Dytham and Justin M. J. Travis32. High connectivity despite high fragmentation: iterated dispersal in a vertebrate metapopulation, Xavier Lambin, Diane Le Bouille, Matthew K. Oliver, Chris Sutherland, Edoardo Tedesco, and Alex Douglas33. Dispersal and habitat fragmentation in invertebrates - examples from widespread and localized butterflies, Hans Van Dyck and Michel Baguette34. Gene flow allows persistence of a perennial forest herb in a dynamic landscape, Olivier Honnay and Hans JacquemynCONCLUSION35. Human dispersal: research tools, evidence, mechanisms, Francesco d'Errico, William Banks, and Jean ClobertIndex

Editorial Reviews

"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. ... The book is comprehensive, sobering, and a tonic for those who feel their projects are only local and personal, like plants and small critters in glass terrarium, isolated against all that is extremely high and the complexity and diversity of food webs is immense." —Ecological Restoration

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