The spatial population dynamics of insects exploiting a patchy food resource: A model study of local persistence

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 439-454

  Halley, John M ^a,c   Dempster, J P ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

local extinction; metapopulations; stochastic population models; tephritid flies

Indexed keywords

METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0030304525     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404976     Document Type: Article

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