Jean Clobert is Research Director at the CNRS and is currently heading the "Station d'Ecologie Exeprimentale du CNRS a Moulis". He is also director of the Infrastructure ANAEE-S grouping all experimental research stations of the CNRS and INRA in France. Having published more than 250 regular papers in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters, he has been elected in the Academia Europaea in 2011.

Michel Baguette is particularly interested by the role of dispersal in metapopulations and metacommunities. His objective is to seek how individual variability in dispersal moulds metapopulations and metacommunities and drives their dynamics and evolution, and what this means for biological diversity. His current research projects focus on (1) the genomic of dispersal phenotypic variation, and its consequences on metapopulation dynamics using artificial selection and experiments in mesocosms, and (2) the modelling of dispersal in fragmented landscapes.

Tim Benton is a population ecologist with a particular interest in the mechanism by which environmental change impacts on population dynamics by affecting organisms' life histories. Much of his work has been conducted using a laboratory model organism, coupled with theoretical approaches. However, he has also applied his ideas to understanding biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. In addition to research, he has been head of department and Research Dean. He is currently working across the UK government, coordinating research on food and farming as "Champion" for the UK's Global Food Security programme.

James Bullock is an applied ecologist. In his work he aims to use a fundamental understanding of the spatial ecology of populations and communities - especially of plants - to inform biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability. He has particular interests in ecosystem services, ecological restoration and climate change. James works at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, which is the UK's Centre of Excellence for integrated research in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, and atmospheric science.

Michel Baguette, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France
William E. Banks, Univ. Bordeaux, France & University of Kansas, USA
Tim G. Benton, University of Leeds, UK
Dries Bonte, Ghent University, Belgium
Luca Börger, Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé - CNRS, France
Diana E. Bowler, University of Leeds, UK
Jennifer A. Brisson, University of Nebraska, USA
James M. Bullock, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK
Pierre-Olivier Cheptou, CEFE CNRS UMR, France
Jean Clobert, Station d'Ecologie Expérimentale du CNRS à Moulis, France
Julien Cote, Laboratory of Evolution and Biological Diversity, CNRS & Université Paul Sabatier, France
Aurélie Coulon, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France
Francesco d'Errico, Univ. Bordeaux, France & University of Bergen, Norway
Kathleen Donohue, Duke University, USA
Alex Douglas, University of Aberdeen, UK
Renée A. Duckworth, University of Arizona, USA
Calvin Dytham, University of York, UK
Hélène Fréville, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France
John Fryxell, University of Guelph, Canada
Mats Gyllenberg, University of Helsinki, Finland
Jocelyn C. Hall, University of Alberta, Canada
Olivier Honnay, University of Leuven, Belgium
Thomas Hovestadt, Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Germany
Hans Jacquemyn, University of Leuven, Belgium
Eva Kisdi, University of Helsinki, Finland
Etienne Klein, INRA PACA. Domaine Saint Paul, France
Hannah Kokko, Australian National University, Australia
Xavier Lambin, University of Aberdeen, UK
Diane Le Bouille, University of Aberdeen, UK
Jean-François Le Galliard, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Delphine Legrand, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France
Valérie Lehouck, Ghent University, Belgium
Luc Lens, Ghent University, Belgium
Manuel Massot, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Erik Matthysen, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Ran Nathan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Matthew K. Oliver, University of Aberdeen, UK
Henrik Pärn, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Achim Poethke, Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Germany
Eloy Revilla, Estacion Biologica de Donaña CSIC, Spain
Juan J.Robledo-Arnuncio, Centro de Investigación Forestal (CIFOR) - INIA , Spain
Ophélie Ronce, Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, France
Rafael Rubio de Casas, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, USA
Marjo Saastamoinen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Bernt-Erik Sæther, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Nicolas Schtickzelle, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Frank Schurr, University of Potsdam, Germany
Toon Spanhove, Ghent University, Belgium
Jostein Starrfelt, University of Helsinki, Finland and Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Norway
Virginie Stevens, Station d'Ecologie Expérimentale du CNRS à Moulis, France
Chris Sutherland, University of Aberdeen, UK
Edoardo Tedesco, University of Aberdeen, UK
Justin M.J. Travis, University of Aberdeen, UK
Camille Turlure, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Margarete Utz, University of Helsinki, Finland and Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Hans Van Dyck, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Christopher W. Wheat, University of Helsinki, Finland and University of Exeter, UK
Charles G. Willis, University of York, UK
Anthony J. Zera, University of Nebraska, USA

"This book has great value for ecological theorists wishing to see modern work and examples from around the world on how dispersal ecology is studied, modelled, and now understood. ... The book is comprehensive, sobering, and a tonic for those who feel their projects are only local and personal, like plants and small critters in glass terrarium, isolated against all that is extremely high and the complexity and diversity of food webs is immense." --Ecological Restoration