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Cure K, Barneche DR, Depczynski M, Fisher R, Warne DJ, McGree J, Underwood J, Weisenberger F, Evans-Illidge E, Ford B, Oades D, Howard A, McCarthy P, Pyke D, Edgar Z, Maher R, Sampi T, Dougal K, Bardi Jawi Traditional Owners. Incorporating uncertainty in Indigenous sea Country monitoring with Bayesian statistics: Towards more informed decision-making. AMBIO 2024; 53:746-763. [PMID: 38355875 PMCID: PMC10992390 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-01980-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Partnerships in marine monitoring combining Traditional Ecological Knowledge and western science are developing globally to improve our understanding of temporal changes in ecological communities that better inform coastal management practices. A fuller communication between scientists and Indigenous partners about the limitations of monitoring results to identify change is essential to the impact of monitoring datasets on decision-making. Here we present a 5-year co-developed case study from a fish monitoring partnership in northwest Australia showing how uncertainty estimated by Bayesian models can be incorporated into monitoring management indicators. Our simulation approach revealed there was high uncertainty in detecting immediate change over the following monitoring year when translated to health performance indicators. Incorporating credibility estimates into health assessments added substantial information to monitoring trends, provided a deeper understanding of monitoring limitations and highlighted the importance of carefully selecting the way we evaluate management performance indicators.
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- Katherine Cure
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, The University of Western Australia (MO96), Entrance 4, Fairway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia.
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, The University of Western Australia (MO96), Entrance 4, Fairway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
- UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, The University of Western Australia (MO96), Entrance 4, Fairway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
- UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, The University of Western Australia (MO96), Entrance 4, Fairway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
- UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
- Centre for Data Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
- Centre for Data Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
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- Gondwana Link Ltd, 70-74 Frederick St, PO Box 5276, Albany, WA, 6332, Australia
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- Frank Weisenberger Consulting, 13A Jessie Street, Coburg, VIC, 3058, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, 1526 Cape Cleveland Road, Cape Cleveland, QLD, 4810, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, 1526 Cape Cleveland Road, Cape Cleveland, QLD, 4810, Australia
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- Kimberley Land Council, 11 Gregory St, Broome, WA, 6725, Australia
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- Bardi Jawi Rangers, Kimberley Land Council, Bardi Jawi Rangers Office, Lot 19-20 First Street, One Arm Point, Ardyaloon, WA, 6725, Australia
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- Bardi Jawi Rangers, Kimberley Land Council, Bardi Jawi Rangers Office, Lot 19-20 First Street, One Arm Point, Ardyaloon, WA, 6725, Australia
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- Bardi Jawi Rangers, Kimberley Land Council, Bardi Jawi Rangers Office, Lot 19-20 First Street, One Arm Point, Ardyaloon, WA, 6725, Australia
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- Bardi Jawi Rangers, Kimberley Land Council, Bardi Jawi Rangers Office, Lot 19-20 First Street, One Arm Point, Ardyaloon, WA, 6725, Australia
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- Bardi Jawi Rangers, Kimberley Land Council, Bardi Jawi Rangers Office, Lot 19-20 First Street, One Arm Point, Ardyaloon, WA, 6725, Australia
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- Bardi Jawi Rangers, Kimberley Land Council, Bardi Jawi Rangers Office, Lot 19-20 First Street, One Arm Point, Ardyaloon, WA, 6725, Australia
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- Bardi Jawi Rangers, Kimberley Land Council, Bardi Jawi Rangers Office, Lot 19-20 First Street, One Arm Point, Ardyaloon, WA, 6725, Australia
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Ong OTW, Skinner EB, Johnson BJ, Old JM. Mosquito-Borne Viruses and Non-Human Vertebrates in Australia: A Review. Viruses 2021; 13:265. [PMID: 33572234 PMCID: PMC7915788 DOI: 10.3390/v13020265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Mosquito-borne viruses are well recognized as a global public health burden amongst humans, but the effects on non-human vertebrates is rarely reported. Australia, houses a number of endemic mosquito-borne viruses, such as Ross River virus, Barmah Forest virus, and Murray Valley encephalitis virus. In this review, we synthesize the current state of mosquito-borne viruses impacting non-human vertebrates in Australia, including diseases that could be introduced due to local mosquito distribution. Given the unique island biogeography of Australia and the endemism of vertebrate species (including macropods and monotremes), Australia is highly susceptible to foreign mosquito species becoming established, and mosquito-borne viruses becoming endemic alongside novel reservoirs. For each virus, we summarize the known geographic distribution, mosquito vectors, vertebrate hosts, clinical signs and treatments, and highlight the importance of including non-human vertebrates in the assessment of future disease outbreaks. The mosquito-borne viruses discussed can impact wildlife, livestock, and companion animals, causing significant changes to Australian ecology and economy. The complex nature of mosquito-borne disease, and challenges in assessing the impacts to non-human vertebrate species, makes this an important topic to periodically review.
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- Oselyne T. W. Ong
- Children’s Medical Research Institute, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia;
- Mosquito Control Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia;
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- Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia;
- Biology Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Mosquito Control Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia;
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Hawkesbury, Locked bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
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Prowse TA, O'Connor PJ, Collard SJ, Rogers DJ. Eating away at protected areas: Total grazing pressure is undermining public land conservation. Glob Ecol Conserv 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Lewis TL, Swaim MA, Schmutz JA, Fischer JB. Improving population estimates of threatened spectacled eiders: correcting aerial counts for visibility bias. ENDANGER SPECIES RES 2019. [DOI: 10.3354/esr00959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Gürtler RE, Cohen JE. Invasive axis deer and wild boar in a protected area in Argentina, controlled hunting, and Taylor. WILDLIFE RESEARCH 2015. [DOI: 10.1071/wr20119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Boyle M, Hone J. Wildlife management aims and ecological processes: A case study of kangaroos. WILDLIFE SOC B 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/wsb.429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Maria Boyle
- Institute for Applied Ecology; University of Canberra; Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
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- Institute for Applied Ecology; University of Canberra; Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
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van Dijk A, Mount R, Gibbons P, Vardon M, Canadell P. Environmental reporting and accounting in Australia: progress, prospects and research priorities. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2014; 473-474:338-349. [PMID: 24378926 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2013] [Revised: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Despite strong demand for information to support the sustainable use of Australia's natural resources and conserve environmental values and despite considerable effort and investment, nation-wide environmental data collection and analysis remains a substantially unmet challenge. We review progress in producing national environmental reports and accounts, identify challenges and opportunities, and analyse the potential role of research in addressing these. Australia's low and concentrated population density and the short history since European settlement contribute to the lack of environmental data. There are additional factors: highly diverse data requirements and standards, disagreement on information priorities, poorly measurable management objectives, lack of coordination, over-reliance on researchers and businesses for data collection, lack of business engagement, and short-term, project-based activities. New opportunities have arisen to overcome some of these challenges: enhanced monitoring networks, standardisation, data management and modelling, greater commitment to share and integrate data, community monitoring, increasing acceptance of environmental and sustainability indicators, and progress in environmental accounting practices. Successes in generating climate, water and greenhouse gas information appear to be attributable to an unambiguous data requirement, considerable investment, and legislative instruments that enhance data sharing and create a clearly defined role for operational agencies. Based on the analysis presented, we suggest six priorities for research: (1) common definitions and standards for information that address management objectives, (2) ecological measures that are scalable from local to national level, (3) promotion of long-term data collection and reporting by researchers, (4) efficient satellite and sensor network technologies and data analysis methods, (5) environmental modelling approaches that can reconcile multiple data sources, and (6) experimental accounting to pursue consistent, credible and relevant information structures and to identify new data requirements. Opportunities exist to make progress in each of these areas and help secure a more sustainable future.
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- Bureau of Meteorology, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Australian Bureau of Statistics, Belconnen, ACT, Australia
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- CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Weinbaum KZ, Brashares JS, Golden CD, Getz WM. Searching for sustainability: are assessments of wildlife harvests behind the times? Ecol Lett 2013; 16:99-111. [PMID: 23062121 PMCID: PMC3521087 DOI: 10.1111/ele.12008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2012] [Revised: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 08/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The unsustainable harvest of wildlife is a major threat to global biodiversity and to the millions of people who depend on wildlife for food and income. Past research has called attention to the fact that commonly used methods to evaluate the sustainability of wildlife hunting perform poorly, yet these methods remain in popular use today. Here, we conduct a systematic review of empirical sustainability assessments to quantify the use of sustainability indicators in the scientific literature and highlight associations between analytical methods and their outcomes. We find that indicator type, continent of study, species body mass, taxonomic group and socio-economic status of study site are important predictors of the probability of reported sustainability. The most common measures of sustainability include population growth models, the Robinson & Redford (1991) model and population trends through time. Indicators relying on population-specific biological data are most often used in North America and Europe, while cruder estimates are more often used in Africa, Latin America and Oceania. Our results highlight both the uncertainty and lack of uniformity in sustainability science. Given our urgent need to conserve both wildlife and the food security of rural peoples around the world, improvements in sustainability indicators are of utmost importance.
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- Karen Z. Weinbaum
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3112, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3112, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3112, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3112, USA
- School of Mathematical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa
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Letnic M, Crowther MS. Patterns in the abundance of kangaroo populations in arid Australia are consistent with the exploitation ecosystems hypothesis. OIKOS 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20425.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Identification and management of a single large population of wild dromedary camels. J Wildl Manage 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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LINDENMAYER DAVIDB, LIKENS GENEE, ANDERSEN ALAN, BOWMAN DAVID, BULL CMICHAEL, BURNS EMMA, DICKMAN CHRISR, HOFFMANN ARYA, KEITH DAVIDA, LIDDELL MICHAELJ, LOWE ANDREWJ, METCALFE DANIELJ, PHINN STUARTR, RUSSELL-SMITH JEREMY, THURGATE NIKKI, WARDLE GLENDAM. Value of long-term ecological studies. AUSTRAL ECOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02351.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Knape J, Jonzén N, Sköld M. On observation distributions for state space models of population survey data. J Anim Ecol 2011; 80:1269-77. [PMID: 21635251 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01868.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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1. State space models are starting to replace more simple time series models in analyses of temporal dynamics of populations that are not perfectly censused. By simultaneously modelling both the dynamics and the observations, consistent estimates of population dynamical parameters may be obtained. For many data sets, the distribution of observation errors is unknown and error models typically chosen in an ad-hoc manner. 2. To investigate the influence of the choice of observation error on inferences, we analyse the dynamics of a replicated time series of red kangaroo surveys using a state space model with linear state dynamics. Surveys were performed through aerial counts and Poisson, overdispersed Poisson, normal and log-normal distributions may all be adequate for modelling observation errors for the data. We fit each of these to the data and compare them using AIC. 3. The state space models were fitted with maximum likelihood methods using a recent importance sampling technique that relies on the Kalman filter. The method relaxes the assumption of Gaussian observation errors required by the basic Kalman filter. Matlab code for fitting linear state space models with Poisson observations is provided. 4. The ability of AIC to identify the correct observation model was investigated in a small simulation study. For the parameter values used in the study, without replicated observations, the correct observation distribution could sometimes be identified but model selection was prone to misclassification. On the other hand, when observations were replicated, the correct distribution could typically be identified. 5. Our results illustrate that inferences may differ markedly depending on the observation distributions used, suggesting that choosing an adequate observation model can be critical. Model selection and simulations show that for the models and parameter values in this study, a suitable observation model can typically be identified if observations are replicated. Model selection and replication of observations, therefore, provide a potential solution when the observation distribution is unknown.
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- Jonas Knape
- Department of Biology, Ecology Building, Lund University, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden.
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Kobayashi T, Iles J, Knowles L. Are the faecal pellets of kangaroos(Macropusspp.) a source of nutrients and carbon in an inland floodplain wetland during flooding? A preliminary experimental inundation study in the Macquarie Marshes, New South Wales. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.7882/az.2011.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cooney R, Baumber A, Ampt P, Wilson G. Sharing Skippy: how can landholders be involved in kangaroo production in Australia? RANGELAND JOURNAL 2009. [DOI: 10.1071/rj08025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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For 2 decades, calls for Australian rangeland landholders to expand their reliance on the abundant species of native kangaroos and decrease their reliance on introduced stock have been made. These calls have received recent impetus from the challenge of climate change. Arguments for landholder involvement in kangaroo production include reduced greenhouse gas emissions, better management of total grazing pressure, reduced land degradation, improved vegetation and biodiversity outcomes, and greater valuation of kangaroos by landholders. However, there is little understanding of how landholders could be involved in kangaroo harvest and production, and there is a widespread misconception that this would include domestication, fencing, mustering and trucking. This paper reviews the options for landholder involvement in managing and harvesting wild kangaroos, and assesses the possible benefits and feasibility of such options. We conclude that collaboration among landholders, as well as between landholders and harvesters, forms the basis of any preferred option, and set out a proposed operating model based on the formation of a kangaroo management, processing and marketing co-operative.
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Lindström T, Håkansson N, Westerberg L, Wennergren U. Splitting the tail of the displacement kernel shows the unimportance of kurtosis. Ecology 2008; 89:1784-90. [PMID: 18705366 DOI: 10.1890/07-1363.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Animals disperse in space through different movement behaviors, resulting in different displacement distances. This is often described with a displacement kernel where the long-distance dispersers are within the tail of the kernel. A displacement with a large proportion of long-distance dispersers may have impact on different aspects of spatial ecology such as invasion speed, population persistence, and distribution. It is, however, unclear whether the kurtosis of the kernel plays a major role since a fatter tail also influences the variance of the kernel. We modeled displacement in landscapes with different amounts and configurations of habitats and handled kurtosis and variance separately to study how these affected population distribution and transition time. We conclude that kurtosis is not important for any of these aspects of spatial ecology. The variance of the kernel, on the other hand, was of great importance to both population distribution and transition time. We argue that separating variance and kurtosis can cast new light on the way in which long-distance dispersers are important in ecological processes. Consequences for empirical studies are discussed.
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- Tom Lindström
- IFM, Theory and Modelling, Linköpings Universitet, Linköpings, Sweden
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