Weak influences of initial conditions on metapopulation persistence times

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1430-1438

  Fagan, William F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Conservation; Extinction; Initial conditions; Metapopulation; Spatial correlation; Translocation

Indexed keywords

METAPOPULATION; PATCH DYNAMICS; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION MODELING;

EID: 0032742353     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[1430:WIOICO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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