The role of dispersal in predator-prey metapopulation dynamics

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 640-652

  Holyoak, Marcel ^a,b   Lawler, Sharon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

persistence; predation; Protista; rescue effects; subdivision

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; METAPOPULATION;

CILIATA; COLPIDIUM STRIATUM; DIDINIUM NASUTUM; PROTISTA;

EID: 0030304868     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5743     Document Type: Article

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