Persistence of an extinction-prone predator-prey interaction through metapopulation dynamics

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1867-1879

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Immigration; Metapopulation; Persistence; Predator prey; Protista; Rescue effects; Subdivision; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RISK; LOCAL EXTINCTION; METAPOPULATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

CILIATA; COLPIDIUM STRIATUM; DIDINIUM NASUTUM;

EID: 0030433324     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265790     Document Type: Article

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