Temporal autocorrelation can enhance the persistence and abundance of metapopulations comprised of coupled sinks

American Naturalist

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 246-261

  Roy, Manojit ^a   Holt, Robert D ^a   Barfield, Michael ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Dispersal; Inflation; Population persistence; Sink metapopulation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23044483967     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431286     Document Type: Article

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