Predicting dispersal distance in mammals: A trait-based approach

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 211-221

  Whitmee, Sarah ^a   Orme, C David L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Comparative biology; Life history; Phylogeny; Vagility

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSAL; HOME RANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETICS; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84872606235     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02030.x     Document Type: Article

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