Knowledge of the ecological and evolutionary causes of dispersal can be crucial in
understanding the behaviour of spatially structured populations, and predicting how species …

Landscape connectivity can be viewed from two perspectives that could be considered as
extremes of a gradient: functional connectivity (refers to how the behavior of a dispersing …

Individual animals differ in the way they cope with challenges in their environment,
comparable with variation in human personalities. The proximate basis of variation in …

Dispersal is a major determinant of the dynamics and genetic structure of populations, and
its consequences depend not only on average dispersal rates and distances, but also on the …

After the chicken, the House Sparrow is the most widely distributed bird species in the world,
occurring on all continents except Antarctica and on most human-inhabited islands …

Dispersal syndromes describe patterns of covariation of morphological, behavioural, and/or
lifehistory traits associated with dispersal (see Glossary). Covariation is a continuous …

Movement, from foraging to migration, is known to be under the influence of the
environment. The translation of environmental cues to individual movement decision making …

Parasites have the capacity to affect animal populations by modifying host survival, and it is
increasingly recognized that infectious disease can negatively impact biodiversity …

House Sparrow Passer domesticus populations have declined throughout Europe over the
last two to three decades; this is of particular concern in urban areas. We analysed data from …

Summary 1 Factors governing dispersal rates have seldom been examined in spatially
structured populations of vertebrates. We gathered information during 8 years on transfer …