title: Spatial heterogeneity in the effects of climate and density-dependence on dispersal in a house sparrow metapopulation.
abstract: Dispersal plays a key role in the response of populations to climate change and habitat fragmentation. Here, we use data from a long-term metapopulation study of a non-migratory bird, the house sparrow (Passer domesticus), to examine the influence of increasing spring temperature and density-dependence on natal dispersal rates and how these relationships depend on spatial variation in habitat quality. The effects of spring temperature and population size on dispersal rate depended on the habitat quality. Dispersal rate increased with temperature and population size on poor-quality islands without farms, where house sparrows were more exposed to temporal fluctuations in weather conditions and food availability. By contrast, dispersal rate was independent of spring temperature and population size on high-quality islands with farms, where house sparrows had access to food and shelter all the year around. This illustrates large spatial heterogeneity within the metapopulation in how population density and environmental fluctuations affect the dispersal process.
authors: Department of Biology, Centre for Conservation Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway. henrik.parn@bio.ntnu.no
authors: Henrik
authors: H
authors: Pärn
authors: Thor Harald
authors: TH
authors: Ringsby
authors: Henrik
authors: H
authors: Jensen
authors: Bernt-Erik
authors: BE
authors: Sæther
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