A unifying gravity framework for dispersal

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 207-223

  Jongejans, Eelke ^a   Skarpaas, Olav ^b   Ferrari, Matthew J ^c   Long, Eric S ^d   Dauer, Joseph T ^e   Schwarz, Carrie M ^f   Rauschert, Emily S J ^g   Jabbour, Randa ^h   Mortensen, David A ^c   Isard, Scott A ^c   Lieb, David A ⁱ   Sezen, Zeynep ^j   Hulting, Andrew G ^k   Shea, Katriona ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^f WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

ⁱ Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commn   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^k OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Dispersal patterns and processes; Empirical and mechanistic models; Migration; Movement; Serial and parallel processes

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISPERSAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 84929837628     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-014-0245-5     Document Type: Article

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