Inbreeding avoidance, patch isolation and matrix permeability influence dispersal and settlement choices by male agile antechinus in a fragmented landscape
Animal dispersal is highly non‐random and has important implications for the dynamics of populations in fragmented habitat. We identified interpatch dispersal events from genetic tagging, parentage analyses and assignment tests and modelled the factors associated with apparent emigration and post‐dispersal settlement choices by individual male agile antechinus (Antechinus agilis, a marsupial carnivore of south‐east Australian forests). Emigration decisions were best modelled with on data patch isolation and inbreeding risk.