Spatial heterogeneity in habitat quality and cross-scale interactions in metapopulations

Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 846-853

  Schooley, Robert L ^a   Branch, Lyn C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Habitat heterogeneity; Metapopulation; Source sink; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; DISPERSAL; HABITAT QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; METAPOPULATION; PATCH SIZE;

NEOFIBER; NEOFIBER ALLENI; ONDATRA;

EID: 35148868185     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-007-9062-7     Document Type: Article

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