Sentence examples for spatial population dynamics from inspiring English sources

We then use simulation to study how competition symmetry (i.e., the way individual size affects resource partitioning) changes temporal and spatial population dynamics.

In this model, the distribution of two competing resources (feeding and laying sites) affects the spatial population dynamics of a dipteran pest through a heterogeneous dispersion of the individuals and a metabolic currency.

In this study, we propose a Habitat-mediated, Density-dependent, Spatial Population Dynamics model (HD-SPDM), in which we combined a Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) with a migration function, to explore the emergent effects of habitat mediated, density-dependent dispersal strategies on the spatial dynamics of a population.

We argue that the recent increases in computer power should facilitate major advances in our understanding of evolutionary landscape ecology over the next few years, and suggest that the time is ripe for a unification of spatial population dynamics theory, landscape ecology and population genetics.

We used this model to evaluate the effects of landscape composition and configuration on the spatial population dynamics of this carabid beetle, and also investigated the consequences that different management strategies of the structure and composition of an agricultural landscape can have on its abundance and spatial distribution.

Females are flightless as adults and reproduce within their bags, two traits that greatly facilitate studies of lifetime reproductive success and spatial population dynamics [13], [14].

Given the importance of dispersal distance in range expansion (Simmons and Thomas 2004; Phillips et al. 2008) or spatial populations dynamics (Leibold et al. 2004; Cousens et al. 2008), it is surprising that the evolution of dispersal kernels has only received marginal attention (Ronce 2007).

We found a spatially-restricted but significant effect of large arborescent fruiting palms on the spatial structure, population dynamics and species diversity of neighbouring sapling and seedling communities.

The strategies that animals use to obtain valuable resources are affected by resource quality and availability (e.g. spatial distribution), population dynamics (e.g. competitor-to-resource ratio) and individual characteristics (e.g. competitive ability).

We found a restricted but significant direct effect of large arborescent mature fruiting palms on the spatial structure, population dynamics and species diversity of neighbouring sapling and seedling communities.

Therefore, to explore how soil contamination of different spatial heterogeneity affects population dynamics of soil invertebrates, we developed a spatially explicit individual-based model of the springtail, Folsomia candida, a standard test species for ecotoxicological risk assessment.