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To disperse or not to disperse: who does it and why?

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Animal Dispersal

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Dispersal is an integrative and synthetic phenomenon bridging the disciplines of ecology, genetics, behaviour, and evolution. It is therefore a key element in the understanding of a great many population processes (Chapter 1). Moreover, it becomes critical to our understanding of these processes to know which individuals disperse and what factors cause them to initiate this behaviour.

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  1. W. Z. Lidicker Jr.
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  1. Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Norway

    Nils Chr. Stenseth

  2. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    William Z. Lidicker Jr

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Lidicker, W.Z., Stenseth, N.C. (1992). To disperse or not to disperse: who does it and why?. In: Stenseth, N.C., Lidicker, W.Z. (eds) Animal Dispersal. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2338-9_2

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