eng International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Computational Ecology and Software 2220-721X 2015-12-1 5 4 354 366 8 article Andriamihaja Ramanantoanina 1 2 Cang Hui 1 2 Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, and African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town 7945, South Africa Dispersal is a context-dependent adaptive trait. Different dispersal strategies arise as species need to optimize their fitness in the ever changing quality of habitats further imposed by abiotic and biotic factors. This work reviews the spread of populations under different dispersal strategies. Namely, we address the spread of a population when dispersal is driven by habitat fragmentations, density-dependent predation and mixed propagules. The context-based dispersal can explain a variety of range dynamics. It is of common accord however that the cause and effect of dispersal could have a wider effect on population dynamics that goes beyond purely ecological nature. http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/ces/articles/2015-5(4)/modelling-spread-with-context-based-dispersal-strategies.pdf dispersal strategy density dependence habitat fragmentation propagule pressure range expansion