The ability of individuals to assess population density influences the evolution of emigration propensity and dispersal distance

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 282, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-99

  Poethke, Hans Joachim ^a   Gros, Andreas ^a,b   Hovestadt, Thomas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NEW ENGLAND COMPLEX SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Density dependent; Distance dependent dispersal cost; Individual based model; Kin competition; Metapopulation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEITY; METAPOPULATION; MORTALITY RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGENY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; SPECIES HABITAT; SURVIVAL RATE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 79957872642     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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