comparative analysis of dispersal syndromes in terrestrial and semi‐terrestrial animals

• Published in: Ecology letters Vol. 17; no. 8; pp. 1039 - 1052
• Main Authors: Stevens, Virginie M, Whitmee, Sarah, Le Galliard, Jean‐François, Clobert, Jean, Böhning‐Gaese, Katrin, Bonte, Dries, Brändle, Martin, Matthias Dehling, D, Hof, Christian, Trochet, Audrey, Baguette, Michel, Chase, Jonathan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Science 01.08.2014; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell; Wiley
• Subjects: Age at maturity; Animal and plant ecology; Animal Distribution - physiology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Biological Evolution; body size; carnivores; Climate change; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; correlation; dispersal costs; dispersal phenotypes; early development; Earth, ocean, space; Evolutionary biology; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; fecundity; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gene flow; General aspects; global change; herbivores; Homing Behavior; Invertebrates - classification; Invertebrates - physiology; life history; Life Sciences; life-history trade-offs; Linear Models; Meteorology; omnivores; phylogenetic signal; Phylogeny; Population Dynamics; survival; Terrestrial ecosystems; thermoregulation; trophic levels; Vegetal Biology; Vertebrates - classification; Vertebrates - physiology; dispersal phenotypes; Costs; Life history; Thermoregulation; Phylogeny; life-history trade-offs; Survival; Dispersion; Syndrome; trophic levels; Dynamical climatology; Climate change; Phenotype; Signal; Analysis; dispersal costs; Global change; Age at maturity; Planetary scale; Fecundity; Age; Maturity; phylogenetic signal; global change; survival; thermoregulation; fecundity

Dispersal, the behaviour ensuring gene flow, tends to covary with a number of morphological, ecological and behavioural traits. While species‐specific dispersal behaviours are the product of each species’ unique evolutionary history, there may be distinct interspecific patterns of covariation betwee...