RangeShifter: A platform for modelling spatial eco-evolutionary dynamics and species' responses to environmental changes

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 388-396

  Bocedi, Greta ^a   Palmer, Stephen C F ^a   Pe'er, Guy ^b   Heikkinen, Risto K ^c   Matsinos, Yiannis G ^d   Watts, Kevin ^e   Travis, Justin M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^e FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal; Dynamic modelling; Environmental change; Individual based modelling; Population dynamics; Population viability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897987740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12162     Document Type: Article

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