The role of habitat disturbance and recovery in metapopulation persistence

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 855-863

  Wilcox, Chris ^a,b   Cairns, Benjamin J ^a,c   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonization; Disturbance; Extinction; Fire; Habitat; Metapopulation; Persistence; Quasistationary; Succession

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT SELECTION; METAPOPULATION; PATCH USE; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 33646157290     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0587     Document Type: Article

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