The relationship between dispersal ability and geographic range size

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 745-758

  Lester, Sarah E ^a,b   Ruttenberg, Benjamin I ^a   Gaines, Steven D ^a   Kinlan, Brian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Colonization; Dispersal; Geographical distribution; Marine; Pelagic larval duration; Range size; Selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; RANGE SIZE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FISH; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FISHES; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; INVERTEBRATES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34347216351     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01070.x     Document Type: Review

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