The minimum founding population in dispersing organisms subject to strong Allee effects

• Published in: Methods in ecology and evolution Vol. 7; no. 9; pp. 1100 - 1109
• Main Authors: Goodsman, Devin W., Lewis, Mark A., Gaggiotti, Oscar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2016
• Subjects: biological control; depensation; Dispersal; Dispersion; establishment; insect; integrodifference equation; invasion; mate finding; Mountains; Organisms; Polygamy; Population density; Population number; propagule

Summary Dispersal can push population density below strong Allee thresholds ensuring the demise of small founding populations. As a result, for isolated populations of dispersing organisms, the minimum founding population size that enables establishment can be quite different from the Allee threshol...