Dispersal, niche breadth and population extinction: Colonization ratios predict range size in North American dragonflies

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 858-865

  Mccauley, Shannon J ^a   Davis, Christopher J ^b,d   Werner, Earl E ^b   Robeson, Michael S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Extinction colonization; Freshwater connectivity; Geographic distribution; Niche breadth; Odonata; Range limits; Range size

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; DRAGONFLY; EXTINCTION RISK; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; METAPOPULATION; NICHE BREADTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANGE SIZE;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ODONATA;

ANIMAL DISPERSAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; ODONATA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; ODONATA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84902549802     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12181     Document Type: Article

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