Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1158–1169 Abstract Understanding how dispersal influences the
dynamics of spatially distributed populations is a major priority of both basic and applied …

This paper deals with the modeling and simulation of swarms viewed as a living, hence
complex, system. The approach is based on methods of kinetic theory and statistical …

This paper presents a revisiting, with developments, of the so-called kinetic theory for active
particles, with the main focus on the modeling of nonlinearly additive interactions. The …

We used data from a statewide frog monitoring network to investigate population turnover
and synchrony in eight wetland‐breeding species. We found that subpopulations at many …

Summary 1 Many plant species are currently restricted to small and isolated populations as
a result of habitat destruction and fragmentation. Lack of sufficient data often leads to spatial …

Little is known about the connection between demography and dispersal in
metapopulations. The meta‐analysis of the population time series of five butterfly species …

We present the results of an individual-based simulation model, showing that increasing the
mortality of non-breeding dispersers within settlement areas can lead to the extinction of …

Identifying environmental drivers of demographic variation is key to predicting community‐
level impacts in response to global change. Climate conditions can synchronize population …

Spatial synchrony, a normal self-organized spatial pattern in the predator–prey and host–
parasitoid systems, can increase risk of regional extinction and hence, shrink …

The recent interest in the spatial structure and dynamics of populations motivated numerous
theoretical and empirical studies of spatial synchrony, the tendency of populations to …