Dispersal

by Jean Clobert, James D. Nichols, Jean Clobert

Book Overview

Habitat fragmentation and global climate change are the two major environmental threats to the persistence of species and ecosystems. The probability of a species surviving such changes is strongly dependent on its ability to track shifts in the environmental, either by moving between patches of habitat or by rapidly adapting to local condition. These 'solutions' to problems posed by environmental change depend on dispersal propensity, motivating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198506597
• ISBN13: 9780198506591
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"