Environmental instability as a motor for dispersal: a case study from a growing population of glossy ibis.

Dispersal is a life-history trait directly affecting population dynamics and species range shifts and thus playing a prominent role in the response to climate change. Nonetheless, the relationship between extreme climatic events and dispersal has received little attention in birds. Here we focused o...

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Main Authors: Simone Santoro, Andy John Green, Jordi Figuerola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3869753?pdf=render