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map of western North America showing that climate-niche space for reptiles will shift northward in the future

Climate-niche species richness change with and without dispersal

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map of western North America showing high concentration of reptile species in the southwest U.S.

Reptile climate-niche species richness if no dispersal is possible

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map of western North America showing that climate-niche space for reptiles will shift northward in the future

Reptile climate-niche species richness change with full dispersal

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Sources of Recurring Outbreaks of Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife) Near the Mouth of the Mississippi River

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Climate and dispersal ability limit future habitats for Gila monsters in the Mojave Desert

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Species Interactions Shape Increasing Rates of Breeding Dispersal of Northern Spotted Owls

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Dispersal and selection mediate hybridization between a native and invasive species

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Evaluating within-population variability in behavior and demography for the adaptive potential of a dispersal-limited species to climate change

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Chasing a changing climate: Reproductive and dispersal traits predict how sessile species respond to global warming

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Potential effects of arboreal and terrestrial avian dispersers on seed dormancy, seed germination and seedling establishment in Ormosia (Papilionoideae) species in Peru

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Dispersal of mimetic seeds of three species of Ormosia (Leguminosae)

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Dispersal leads to spatial autocorrelation in species distributions: A simulation model

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Invasive zebra mussels (Driessena polymorpha) and Asian clams (Corbicula fluminea) survive gut passage of migratory fish species: implications for dispersal

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Dispersal and spatial heterogeneity: Single species

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The relative roles of environment, history and local dispersal in controlling the distributions of common tree and shrub species in a tropical forest landscape, Panama

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Dispersal and individual quality in a long lived species

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High dispersal in a frog species suggests that it is vulnerable to habitat fragmentation

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Effect of dispersal at range edges on the structure of species ranges

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The Importance of Aquatic Connectivity for Maintaining Cold-water Species in the Face of Climate Change

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Modeling the dynamics of marine species: the importance of incorporating larval dispersal

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Dispersal of exotic species from aquaculture sources, with emphasis on freshwater fishes

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Variation in local abundance and species richness of stream fishes in relation to dispersal barriers: Implications for management and conservation

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Dispersal limitation does not control high elevational distribution of alien plant species in the southern Sierra Nevada, California

Podcasts
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Who's Your Mama? Conservation Genetics and At-Risk Species

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Juvenile snowy egret (Egretta thula) locations in the Carson and Humboldt River systems, 2002-2004

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Observed and potential range shifts of native and non-native species with climate change

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Dispersal

Presentations and Events

2017 September Evening Public Lecture — What's in a species name?

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Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients

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Conspecific and congeneric interactions shape increasing rates of breeding dispersal of northern spotted owls

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