Dispersal Ecology : 42nd Symposium of the British Ecological Society

by Edited by James M. Bullock, Robert E. Kenward, Rosie S. Hails

• ISBN13: 9780521839945
• ISBN10: 0521839947
• Format: Hardcover
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Dispersal has become central to many questions in theoretical and applied ecology in recent years. This has come about through advances in measurement and modelling of dispersal, combined with the key role of spatial processes in current environmental problems. This volume, written by a team of leading ecologists, aims to provide both the advanced student and researcher with a comprehensive review of dispersal and its implications for modern ecology. It presents a broad overview considering plants, invertebrates, vertebrates and microorganisms in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. Up-to-date methods for measuring dispersal are assessed. The importance of dispersal in ecological theory is addressed in chapters on life history evolution, ecological genetics, population and metapopulation dynamics, invasions, landscape ecology and biogeography. Applied questions on topics such as spread of non-native species, effect of habitat fragmentation, species reintroductions, disease epidemiology, responses to climate change and impacts of genetically modified organisms are also considered.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
History of the British Ecological Society	xiii
Preface	xv
Part 1: Techniques for dispersal studies
Measuring and modelling seed dispersal of terrestrial plants	3	(21)
D. F. Greene
C. Calogeropoulos
Monitoring insect dispersal: methods and approaches	24	(26)
J. L. Osborne
H. D. Loxdale
I. P. Woiwod
From marking to modelling: dispersal study techniques for land vertebrates	50	(22)
R. E. Kenward
S. P. Rushton
C. M. Perrins
D. W. Macdonald
A. B. South
The measurement of dispersal by seabirds and seals: implications for understanding their ecology	72	(17)
I. L. Boyd
Inferring patterns of dispersal from allele frequency data	89	(24)
A. F. Raybould
R. T. Clarke
J. M. Bond
R. E. Welters
C. J. Gliddon
Part 2: Dispersal in behavioural and evolutionary ecology
Sailing with the wind: dispersal by small flying insects	113	(21)
S. G. Compton
Density-dependent dispersal in animals: concepts, evidence, mechanisms and consequences	134	(18)
W. J. Sutherland
J. A Gill
K. Norris
Seed dispersal: the search for trade-offs	152	(21)
K. Thompson
L. C. Rickard
D. J. Hodkinson
M. Rees
Manipulating your host: host--pathogen population dynamics, host dispersal and genetically modified baculoviruses	173	(21)
G. Dwyer
R. S. Hails
Gene flow and the evolutionary ecology of passively dispersing aquatic invertebrates	194	(25)
B. Okamura
J. R. Freeland
Part 3: Dispersal and spatial processes
Niche colonization and the dispersal of bacteria and their genes in the natural environment	219	(18)
M. J. Bailey
A. K. Lilley
Dispersal behaviour and population dynamics of vertebrates	237	(20)
H. P. Andreassen
N. C. Stenseth
R. A. Ims
Dispersal and the spatial dynamics of butterfly populations	257	(22)
R. J. Wilson
C. D. Thomas
Plant dispersal and colonization processes at local and landscape scales	279	(24)
J. M. Bullock
I. L. Moy
R. F. Pywell
S. J. Coulson
A. M. Nolan
H. Caswell
Biogeography and dispersal	303	(24)
R. Hengeveld
L. Hemerik
Part 4: Applications of an understanding of dispersal
Modelling vertebrate dispersal and demography in real landscapes: how does uncertainty regarding dispersal behaviour influence predictions of spatial population dynamics?	327	(23)
A. B. South
S. P. Rushton
R. E. Kenward
D. W. Macdonald
Invasion and the range expansion of species: effects of long-distance dispersal	350	(24)
N. Shigesada
K. Kawasaki
Success factors in the establishment of human-dispersed organisms	374	(21)
A. N. Cohen
Oases in the desert: dispersal and host specialization of biotrophic fungal pathogens of plants	395	(15)
J. K. M. Brown
M. S. Hovmoller
R. A. Wyand
D. Yu
Climate change and dispersal	410	(21)
A. R. Watkinson
J. A. Gill
Part 5: Overview
Overview and synthesis: the tale of the tail	431	(14)
M. Williamson
Index	445