Spatial population structure in the banner-tailed kangaroo rat, Dipodomys spectabilis.

Abstract:

:I attempted to characterize spatial units of local dynamics and dispersal in banner-tailed kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spectabilis), to determine if spatial structure influenced population dynamics in the way predicted by current metapopulation models. D. spectabilis exhibited a hierarchical spatial structure. "Local populations" that appeared as discrete entities on a scale of kilometers were subdivided into clusters of mounds on a scale of meters. This structure, however, cannot be characyerized in terms of the discrete habitat patches envisioned by the metapopulation models. Occupied areas were statistically distinguishable from the surrounding matrix, but this difference was only quantitative. There were no discrete boundaries between occupied areas and the matrix. Habitat within occupied areas was heterogeneous, and occupied areas in different locations were statistically distinguishable from each other. High heterogeneity within occupied areas, and high contrast among them, make it difficult to define what is a suitable habitat patch for D. spectabilis. On a smaller spatial scale, there was significant aggregation of resident mounds within occupied areas. These aggregations, however, do not correspond to discrete habitat patches. Rather, they appear to result from an interaction between fine-scale habitat heterogeneity and limited dispersal due to natal philopatry and low adult vagility. These complications make it difficult to identify habitat patches independent of the species' distribution. For species like D. spectabilis that are patchily distributed but do not occupy discrete habitat patches, a patch occupancy approach does not seem appropriate for describing spatial structure. Hierarchical spatial structure underscores the need for a framework that incorporates multiple scales of spatial structure, rather than one that pre-imposes a single spatial scale as being important for population dynamics. A framework that (i) considers patchiness as a combination of both habitat heterogeneity, and life-history and behavioral characteristics, and (ii) incorporates hierarchical spatial structure, appears to be the most suitable for conceptualizing spatial dynamics of behaviorally complex vertebrates such as D. spectabilis.

journal_name

Oecologia

journal_title

Oecologia

authors

Amarasekare P

doi

10.1007/BF00317143

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-11-01 00:00:00

pages

166-176

issue

1-2

eissn

0029-8549

issn

1432-1939

pii

10.1007/BF00317143

journal_volume

100

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