Sex-biased dispersal and the speed of two-sex invasions

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2011-04-07Author
Miller, Tom E. X.
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Shaw, Allison K.
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Inouye, Brian D.
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Neubert, Michael G.
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/4617As published
https://doi.org/10.1086/659628DOI
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Integrodifference equations; Invasion speed; Mating functions; Marriage squeeze; Sex-biased dispersal; Spatial spreadAbstract
Population models that combine demography and dispersal are important tools for forecasting the spatial spread of biological invasions. Current models describe the dynamics of only one sex (typically females). Such models cannot account for the sex-related biases in dispersal and mating behavior that are typical of many animal species. In this article, we construct a two-sex integrodifference equation model that overcomes these limitations. We derive an explicit formula for the invasion speed from the model and use it to show that sex-biased dispersal may significantly increase or decrease the invasion speed by skewing the operational sex ratio at the invasion’s low-density leading edge. Which of these possible outcomes occurs depends sensitively on complex interactions among the direction of dispersal bias, the magnitude of bias, and the relative contributions of females and males to local population growth.
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Author Posting. © University of Chicago, 2011. This article is posted here by permission of University of Chicago for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in American Naturalist 177 (2011): 549-561, doi:10.1086/659628.
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