The importance of matrix quality in fragmented landscapes: Understanding ecosystem collapse through a combination of deterministic and stochastic forces

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 222-227

  Vandermeer, John ^a   Lin, Brenda B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterministic stochastic extinction; Habitat fragmentation; Immigration; Matrix; Metapopulation theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249136601     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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