Animal Dispersal

An interdisciplinary textbook on animal dispersal, the movement of individual animals from a population in one location to another. Written by a team of eight authors, it offers an international perspective on this important biological phenomenon, and includes appendices on the design and analysis of experiments, and techniques of radiotelemetry and use of radioisotopes.

Part I: The study of dispersal: a conceptual guide - N.C. Stenseth and W.Z. Lidicker; To disperse or not to disperse: who does it and why? - W.Z. Lidicker and N.C. Stenseth; The genetic consequences of dispersal - N.H. Barton. Part II: The process of dispersal. Habitat heterogeneity and dispersal: environmental and genetic patchiness - A. Cockburn; Social factors in immigration and emigration - C.A. Brandt. Part III: Patterns: cyclic versus stable populations. Patterns of dispersal in non-cyclic populations of small rodents - J. Gliwicz; The role of dispersal in cyclic rodent populations - C.J. Krebs. Part IV: Applications. Small mammal dispersal in pest management and conservation - L. Hansson. Part V: Looking backward and forward. Presaturation and saturation dispersal fifteen years later: theoretical considerations - N.C. Stenseth and W.Z. Lidicker. Part VI: Invited commentaries. Do large mammals disperse like small mammals? - A.R.E Sinclair; The primate perspective on dispersal - A. E. Pusey; A red grouse perspective on dispersal in small mammals - A. Watson; An entomological perspective on animal dispersal - G.K. Roderick and R.L. Caldwell. Appendix I: Where do we stand methodologically about experimental design and methods of analysis in the study of dispersal - N. C. Stenseth and W.Z. Lidicker. Appendix II: Alternative approaches to the study of small mammal dispersal: insights from radiotelemetry - W.J. McShea and D.M. Madison. Appendix III: The use of radioisotopes in the study of dispersal: with a case study - N.C. Stenseth and W.Z. Lidicker.