A general modeling framework for describing spatially structured population dynamics.

ABSTRACT: Variation in movement across time and space fundamentally shapes the abundance and distribution of populations. Although a variety of approaches model structured population dynamics, they are limited to specific types of spatially structured populations and lack a unifying framework. Here, we propose a unified network-based framework sufficiently novel in its flexibility to capture a wide variety of spatiotemporal processes including metapopulations and a range of migratory patterns. It can accommodate different kinds of age structures, forms of population growth, dispersal, nomadism and migration, and alternative life-history strategies. Our objective was to link three general elements common to all spatially structured populations (space, time and movement) under a single mathematical fr

SUBMITTER: Sample C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5756893 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature