Non-equilibria in small metapopulations: Comparing the deterministic Levins model with its stochastic counterpart

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 463-478

  Etienne, Rampal S ^a   Nagelkerke, C J ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION MODELING;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0036434359     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3135     Document Type: Article

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