Theoretical perspectives on the statics and dynamics of species' borders in patchy environments

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Holt, Robert D ^a   Barfield, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic constraints; Dispersal; Gene flow; Niche conservatism; Source sink; Species' borders

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONCRETE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; NICHE OVERLAP; PATCH DYNAMICS; RANGE EXPANSION; SEXUALITY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER SUPPLY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; WATER SUPPLY; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 80053244012     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661784     Document Type: Article

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