The effect of conspecific attraction on metapopulation dynamics

Chris Ray; Michael Gilpin; Andrew T. Smith

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1991.tb00555.x

The effect of conspecific attraction on metapopulation dynamics

Chris Ray, Michael Gilpin, Andrew T. Smith

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Abstract

Random dispersal direction is assumed in all current metapopulation models. This assumption is called into question by recent experiments demonstrating that some species disperse preferentially to sites occupied by conspecifies. We incorporate conspecific attraction into two metapopulation models which differ in type of dispersal, the Levins model and a two‐dimensional stepping‐stone model. In both models, conspecific attraction lowers the proportion of occupied habitat patches within a metapopulation at equilibrium.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	123-134
Number of pages	12
Journal	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Volume	42
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1991.tb00555.x
State	Published - Jan 1991

Keywords

Conspecific attraction
Levins model
metapopulation models
population viability
stepping
stone model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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