Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1158–1169 Abstract Understanding how dispersal influences the
dynamics of spatially distributed populations is a major priority of both basic and applied …

Among‐individual variation in vital rates, such as mortality and birth rates, exists in nearly all
populations. Recent studies suggest that this individual heterogeneity produces substantial …

Spatial synchrony, a normal self-organized spatial pattern in the predator–prey and host–
parasitoid systems, can increase risk of regional extinction and hence, shrink …

Dispersal-induced pattern formation is important from both fundamental and application
points of view. Spatial pattern in an ecological system can strongly depend on exogenous …

Individual differences in genetics, age, or environment can cause tremendous differences in
individual life-history traits. This individual heterogeneity generates demographic …

Understanding the influence of the structure of a dispersal network on the species
persistence and modeling a realistic species dispersal in nature are two central issues in …

The capacity of a predator population to suppress a prey population that varies in
abundance and spatial distribution is explored in a lattice simulation model. The model is …

To better understand the spread of disease in nature, it is fundamentally important to have
broadly applicable model systems with readily available species which can be replicated …

For a relationship of three-species competition similar to the game of rock–scissors–paper,
which is an non-transitive competitive system in contrast to competitive hierarchies, we …

This paper is devoted to the study of a predator-prey model in a patchy environment. The
model represents the interactions between phytoplankton and zooplankton in the water …