The classical metapopulation theory and the real, natural world: A critical appraisal

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-224

  Baguette, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boloria aquilonaris; Conservation strategy; Highly fragmented landscapes; Incidence function; Population viability analysis; Proclossiana eunomia; Sitta europaea; Spatially structured populations; Stochastic patch occupancy models

Indexed keywords

BOLORIA; SITTA; SITTA EUROPAEA;

EID: 3142770791     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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