Beating the odds in the aerial lottery: Passive dispersers select conditions at takeoff that maximize their expected fitness on landing

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 555-561

  Reynolds, Andy M ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fitness; L vy flights; Optimization; Passive airborne dispersal

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; LARVA; MITE; MOVEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; POLLEN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROPAGULE; SPIDER; WIND DIRECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETICS; INSECT; LARVA; MITE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SPIDER;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC FITNESS; INSECTS; LARVA; MITES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPIDERS;

ACARI; ARANEAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84875496828     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669677     Document Type: Article

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