title: Organisms on the move: ecology and evolution of dispersal.
abstract: The symposium and workshop 'Organisms on the move: ecology and evolution of dispersal', held in Ghent (Belgium), 14-18 September 2009, brought together a wide range of researchers using empirical and modelling approaches to examine the dispersal process. This meeting provided an opportunity to assess how much cross-fertilization there has been between empiricists and theoreticians, to present novel insights on dispersal patterns in plants, animals and micro-organisms and to measure the progress made in examining the causes and consequences of dispersal.
authors.affiliation: Biodiversity Research Centre, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 4-5, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: Marjo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saastamoinen
authors.forename: Aurélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coulon
authors.forename: Virginie M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003710:Demography; D005843:Geography; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013045:Species Specificity