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Patterns of dispersal in non-cyclic populations of small rodents

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Animal Dispersal

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Theoretical and empirical work on dispersal was stimulated by investigations of population cycles. Most concepts and data, therefore, deal with dispersal patterns in species and populations whose numbers change drastically in multiannual cycles. In non-cyclic or stable populations, numbers, breeding activity, and social behaviour of animals change much more significantly in the course of one year than between successive years. Also, the most clearly observed pattern of dispersal in such populations is a seasonal pattern. Studies on seasonal dispersal and on characteristics of dispersers in non-cyclic rodent populations may contribute to a better understanding of density regulation in these populations as well as to further development of views on dispersal. Yet, this chapter of the state of art in this field proved to be difficult, because only very few studies have dealt with dispersal in non-cyclic populations.

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    Nils Chr. Stenseth

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

    William Z. Lidicker Jr

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Gliwicz, J. (1992). Patterns of dispersal in non-cyclic populations of small rodents. In: Stenseth, N.C., Lidicker, W.Z. (eds) Animal Dispersal. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2338-9_6

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